Comment on "A complete skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the evolutionary biology of early Homo".
Lordkipanidze et al. (Research Article, 18 October 2013, p. 326) conclude, from gross morphological comparisons and geometric-morphometric analysis of general shape, that the five hominid crania from Dmanisi in Georgia represent a single regional variant of Homo erectus. However, dental, mandibular, and cranial morphologies all suggest taxic diversity and, in particular, validate the previously named H. georgicus.
Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Jeffrey H
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