Agreement on Collaboration between the Georgian National Museum GPI Holding
07.12.2009.
28 November, 2009 - 28 February, 2010
David Lortkipanidze, General Director of the Georgian National Museum and Girgi Kvirikadze, General Director of The insurance company GPI Holding, will sign an Agreement on Collaboration between the Georgian National Museum GPI Holding on December 8, 2009 at the Georgian National Museum Auditorium.
Within the framework of the project, the Georgian National Museum and the GPI Holding organized the exhibition of the Dmanisi’s skull at the Natural History Museum of the Netherlands.
This very special exhibition presents the original skull of the earliest hominin ever found outside Africa. The discovery of this skull in Georgia has raised many questions about human evolution from all over the world. Neither the skulls age of 1.8 million years and small brain size nor the locality where it was found fitted the previous theories on our ancestors' migration.
The first human jaw was unearthed in 1995. By now, six very well-preserved hominin skulls have been found. All these skulls resemble those of our early ancestors, exhibiting characteristics of both Homo habilis and Homo erectus, and have been dated at 1.8 million years.
On 28 November, the exhibition started with a symposium on human evolution in the auditorium: Dmanisi symposium on human evolution. Five internationally renowned scientists discussed a wide range of aspects of human evolution.
28 November, 2009 - 28 February, 2010
The first human jaw was unearthed in 1995. By now, six very well-preserved hominin skulls have been found. All these skulls resemble those of our early ancestors, exhibiting characteristics of both Homo habilis and Homo erectus, and have been dated at 1.8 million years.
