The Countryside of Georgia – Dmanisi and Bolnisi
May 2014 We headed out of town to Dmanisi. Dmanisi is a medieval town overlooking the confluence of two rivers where Silk Road caravans used to pass. Early human fossils, originally named Homo georgicus and now considered Homo erectus georgicus, were found at Dmanisi between 1991 and 2005. At 1.8 million years old, they represent the earliest known … Read more