Translating the epic tale of where we came from
Since the bones of the earliest-known human ancestors to venture out of Africa came to light at Dmanisi, Georgia, in 1991, palaeanthropologist David Lordkipanidze has led the excavation, under challenging economic and political circumstances, of what is now regarded as one of the world’s foremost prehistoric sites. He has gathered an international team of scientists who, each year, make astonishing new finds that are rewriting the human story.
"I knew it was something important, but at the time I honestly did not understand how important.”
He plans to extend the excavations and protect this and other nearby sites, building a shelter that will include a field laboratory and museum.
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Professor David Lordkipanidze
Georgian State Museum
3 Purtseladze Street
0105 Tbilisi
Georgia
