Dmanisi
Dmanisi
დმანისი | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Election administration office | |
| Coordinates: 41°19′54″N 44°12′13″E / 41.33167°N 44.20361°E | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Region | Kvemo Kartli |
| District | Dmanisi |
| Elevation | 1,250 m (4,100 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 3,050 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Dmanisi (Georgian: დმანისი, romanized: dmanisi, pronounced [dmanisi], Azerbaijani: Başkeçid) is a town and archaeological site in the Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia approximately 93 km southwest of the nation’s capital Tbilisi in the river valley of Mashavera.
Abandoned in the 1700s, Bashkichet (Башкичети) was resettled in 1844 to 2000 by Russian sectarian Dukhobortsy exiled from Taurida Governorate. It was renamed Dmansi (Дманиси) from the ancient Mongol duman, menaing "military or administrative unit".
It is the site of Dmanisi Hominid Skulls, which are dated to 1.8 million years ago, making them the earliest dated human remains in Eurasia. A series of skulls which had diverse physical traits, discovered at Dmanisi in the early 2000s, led to the hypothesis that many separate species in the genus Homo were in fact a single lineage. Also known as Skull 5, D4500 is the fifth skull to be discovered in Dmanisi.