Azykhantrop

Azykhantrop

Azykhantrop

Hominin fossil

The Azykhantrop,[1] or Azykh Man, is the lower jaw of a presumably female Homo heidelbergensis pre-Neanderthal.

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The fossil was found in the Azykh Cave in the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR (present-day Khojavend District of Azerbaijan), in 1968, by Azerbaijani archaeologist Mammadali Huseynov.

No concrete date has been produced about the age of the fossil, but estimates range from 450,000 to 50,000 years ago.[2]

Acheulean Paleolithic implements and remains of fire were also found out in the cave. Starting in the mid 1990s, researchers from Armenia, England, Ireland and Spain began renewed excavations at Azykh Cave.[3]

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    "АЗЫХСКАЯ ПЕЩЕРА — Большой Энциклопедический словарь (БЭС) / Словари 299 ру". Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
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    "AZERBAIJAN FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF ISLAM". Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
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    "Зарубежные палеонтологи ведут раскопки в Азох-Ворванской пещере Нагорного Карабаха". Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
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