World Atlas Core Records · Migration

Dmanisi

c. 1.85-1.77 million years ago · Georgia

Fossils and simple stone tools document an early human presence outside Africa.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Dmanisi, c. 1.85-1.77 million years ago. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

A temperate upland landscape near river valleys and volcanic terrain was used intermittently by mobile humans and large animals.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DMANISICIT-CORE001-DMANISI-SCIENCE Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Groups carried little built infrastructure and depended on movement, social cooperation and flexible food gathering.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DMANISICIT-CORE001-DMANISI-SCIENCE Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Simple flakes and cores were produced from local stone for cutting and processing tasks.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DMANISICIT-CORE001-DMANISI-SCIENCE Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Beliefs cannot be reconstructed from the surviving evidence.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DMANISICIT-CORE001-DMANISI-SCIENCE Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-DMANISICIT-CORE001-DMANISI-SCIENCE Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-CORE-DMANISI

Dmanisi: record evidence guide

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/dmanisi-skull-5

humanorigins.si.edu

CIT-CORE001-DMANISI-SCIENCE

A Complete Skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the Evolutionary Biology of Early Homo

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1238484

Science

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