Del turkana al caucaso

Synopsis of Del turkana al caucaso

«Del turkana al caucaso» is the palaeontology essay by Jordi Agustí and David Lordkipanidze (National Geographic, paperback, 280 pages).

At Dmanisi (Georgia), hominid fossils dating back almost 1.8 million years were found, classified as Homo georgicus, a possible link between Homo habilis and Homo erectus. The work addresses the first human colonisation of Europe and the case of a toothless old man fed by his group, according to the jawbone found in 2004.

Volume 463 of the National Geographic travel narrative collection, in Spanish, published in 2005.

For readers interested in palaeontology, prehistory and the origin of the human being.