Re: Georgians Claim to Unearth Ancient Skull


"pete" <pfiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mario Petrinovich wrote:
> >
> > John B.:
> > > By MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI,
> > > Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 22, 9:06 PM
> > > ET
> > >
> > > TBILISI, Georgia
> > > - Archaeologists in the former Soviet republic of Georgia
> > > have unearthed a skull they say is 1.8 million years old
> > > - part of a find
> > > that holds the oldest traces of humankind's closest
> > > ancestors ever found in Europe.
> >
> > Is this something new?
> > It looks just like an article I've read year or two ago.
>
> 5 July 2002
>
> http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0208/feature1/
>
> --
> pete

Yes, I am familiar with the finds at Dmanisi. Saw this listed on an
archaeology news site yesterday. The way this was reported, I thought
another skull had been found.
http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050823/ap_on_sc/georgia_ancient_skull_3



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