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Fragment of human (azykhantrop) jaw

Gara Ahmadov, 1960350 thousand years B.C

National History Museum of Azerbaijan

National History Museum of Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan

The jaw fragment was discovered by Mammadali Huseynov, the chief of the paleolithic expedition of the Institute of History, doctor of history in 1968 from the Azykh cave, located in Fuzuli region of Karabakh, on the fifth horizon of the V layer belonging to the Acheulean period. According to the researches conducted by anthropologists, the jaw belongs to 18-20 year old woman. Only a wisdom tooth out of the three teeth on the jaw belonging to a pre-neanderthal (azykhantrop) was left steady.

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  • Title: Fragment of human (azykhantrop) jaw
  • Creator: Gara Ahmadov, 1960
  • Date Created: 350 thousand years B.C
  • Location: Azerbaijan,Baku
  • Medium: Archaeological find.
National History Museum of Azerbaijan

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