4. What is special about the fossils found in Dmanisi, especially compared to other Homo erectus
fossils found outside of Africa?
They are the first hominids out of Africa, dating from around 1.8 million years ago, and the most primitive.
5. David Lordkipanidze
(photo courtesy of the National Museum of Georgia)
In 1991, researchers led by archaeologist and anthropologist David Lordkipanidze
unearthed a primitive hominid jaw in Dmanisi, Georgia.They estimated its age at
approximately 1.77 million years old, almost 800,000 years before our early ancestors were
thought to have migrated out of Africa. Since then, a wealth of similar fossils and primitive
tools have been uncovered at the site, surprising the scientific community and shedding
new light on how man first spread throughout the world.
It’s also important that, up to now, the anatomy of early Homo and even Homo erectus
was almost exclusively known from skulls. Remains from the rest of the skeleton, called
post-cranial elements, are rare and fragmented. Now we have post-cranial remains from
at least four individuals from Dmanisi, and they are well preserved.They’re allowing us to
learn more about the evolution of body constitution and locomotion in early Homo. It
gives us a chance to estimate body mass and brain size.
EARLY Humans
Out of Africa
How are the fossils found at Dmanisi changing
the way we think about early man’s migration out
of Africa?
Before the Dmanisi finds, the theory was
that humans left Africa when their bodies
became larger, there was an increase in
brain capacity, and they became real
carnivores.
[But] the Dmanisi hominids are the first
representation of our genus outside of Africa.
They represent the most primitive population of
the species Homo erectus.
Another scenario is that Homo erectus
originated in Africa, and the Dmanisi
hominids represent the first dispersal out of
Africa. More and earlier hominid fossils are
needed to support [either] hypothesis.
6. From the Georgian National Museum inTbilisi,
the scientific casts of the skulls will be transported to Manila…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro73S3PdF3E
9. Universities
Location Points within the school
Dates
Total
Ateneo De Manila University
- Ateneo Art Gallery
- Singson Hall (Auditorium)
- Art Pavillion
Jan 25-Feb 26 19483
University of Santo Tomas (UST)
- Marilan Gaerlan Hall
- Henry Sy Sr. Hall
- St. La Salle Hall
March 7- April 15 20705
Jose Rizal University ( J.R.U.)
- Museum of Arts and Sciences
(Inside the UST Main Building)
- Miguel De Benavides Library
April 25 - May 28 44000
University of the East (Manila) - To be Determined June 6 - July 8 20000
De La Salle Manila (Taft)
- UP NIGS-UPGAA Geology Museum
July 18- August 19 23757
University of the Philippines (Diliman)
- UP College of Medicine (Bone bank
and embalming)
- Florentino Herrera Library
August 25- September 30 57472
TOTAL: 185,417
Considerations:
May Elections 2016
Holy Week 2016 (March)
1 week hiatus for booth refurbishing
The exhibit will be housed for public viewing in various Universities
….Starting January 2016
13. Item Floor Space/Venue Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
DmanisiExhibit
Lecture Series 1: The Human
Evolution site of Dmanisi,
Georgia
Theater/ Auditorium
Lecture Series 2: General
Human Evolution Theater/ Auditorium
Sandbox
DMANISI EXHIBIT UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE
Weekly Activity with CorrespondingVenue Requirement
14. A. Draft Design of Dmanisi Gallery: Week 1 - Week 4
State of the Art Interactive Audio -Visual Multisensory Exhibit
patterned on Western Modern Museums
21. B. Lecture Series - Week 2 & 3
Lecture 1:
The Human Evolution site of Dmanisi, Georgia
Lecture 2:
Human Evolution
To be held in University Theater / Auditorium
To be facilitated by International Professors.
