An archaeologist works at the excavation site where a presumably dated 1.8-million-year-old lower jawbone belonging to an early species of human was found, in the village of Kvemo Orozmani, Georgia August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
OROZMANI, Georgia (Reuters) -Archaeologists in Georgia have unearthed a 1.8-million-year-old jawbone belonging to an early species of human that they say will shed light on some of the earliest prehistoric human settlements on the Eurasian continent.
The Georgian site at Orozmani - smaller than two parking spaces but rich in history - has brought to light the oldest remains of early humans yet excavated outside Africa and offers clues to the patterns of Homo erectus, a hunter-gatherer species that scientists believe started migrating around two million years ago.
