Caveman Zezva Has 1.8-Million-Year Grin, Forces Georgia to Rewrite History
The history of human evolution needs to be rewritten.
This is the view of David Lordkipanidze, who claims his discovery of the bones of a couple known as Zezva and Mzia puts the Black Sea country of Georgia at the center of the archaeological world.
The small-brained apelike creatures lived in the area at least 1.75 million years ago, making them the first proven residents of Europe and Asia, says Lordkipanidze. The find has thrown into question the theory that the first hominids to disperse from Africa were homo erectus, a species with large brains and bodies approaching human size.
“Now the news is that we have found stone tools,” says Lordkipanidze, the Georgian National Museum’s director. “Stone and bone samples are older than any other findings, proving we’ve had human presence in Georgia from at least 1.85 million years or more.” Read more.