http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/08/five-accidental-hominid-fossil-discoveries/ Meet the members of the tangled human family tree Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/08/five-accidental-hominid-fossil-discoveries/#comment-786 zach Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:16:30 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=1875#comment-786 My favorite is Dmanisi. Started out as an archaeological excavation of a medieval castle in the Republic of Georgia, then one day, "Um, is that a rhinoceros?" and everything became so much more badass. 20 years later we have several great skulls, partial skeletons and surely future surprises from the earliest humans to leave Africa. My favorite is Dmanisi. Started out as an archaeological excavation of a medieval castle in the Republic of Georgia, then one day, “Um, is that a rhinoceros?” and everything became so much more badass. 20 years later we have several great skulls, partial skeletons and surely future surprises from the earliest humans to leave Africa.

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