Azykhantrop [1] is the name given to a fossil representative of the hominid family, whose lower jaw was discovered by Azerbaijani scientists led by Mamedali Huseynov in 1968 in the Azokh cave on the territory of the Gadrut region of the Azerbaijan SSR . Belongs to the so-called pre- Neanderthal (more precisely, Heidelberg-type pre- Neanderthal ).
| Azyantrop | |
|---|---|
blank300.png | 1px]] [[file: blank300.png Azykhthropus jaw found in Azykh cave . Stored in the museum of history of Azerbaijan | |
| Classification | |
| View | Heidelberg man |
| Age | |
| Age | Pleistocene (100-700 thousand years) |
| Place of discovery | |
| A country | Azerbaijan |
Content
Dating the remains
Due to the fact that in the records and reports of Azerbaijani archaeologists there was an inaccuracy regarding the archaeological layer in which the jaw was found, there is a variation in the dating of fossils from 450 to 50 thousand years BC. er Radiocarbon analysis data are still unknown, since this method of analysis does not allow to determine the age of carbon-containing material older than 40–50 thousand years. It is also believed that this jaw belonged to a woman 18-22 years old. Now this fragment of bone is stored in the Museum of History of Azerbaijan .
Tools and Other Objects
Paleolithic tools of labor, which belong to Ashel culture , remnants of fireplaces and primitive dwellings were also found in the cave. Exhibits from the Azykh cave were exhibited in 1981–82 in France (University of Nice), where they became the focus of attention of the world scientific community [2] .
In the Azokh cave , excavations are continuing by the forces of scientists from Armenia, England, Ireland and Spain for the funds controlling this territory of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic [3] [4] .
See also
- Archeology of Azerbaijan
- Heidelberg man
- Ashel culture
Notes
- ↑ AZYKH CAVE - Big Encyclopedic Dictionary (BES) / Dictionaries 299 ru
- ↑ AMEA - Azərbaycan arxeologiyası (altı cilddə), Bakı, 2008 Archived October 28, 2012.
- ↑ New finds at the excavations in Artsakh Archived on October 8, 2012. // Voice of Armenia , May 11, 2010
- ↑ Foreign paleontologists are digging in the Azokh-Vorvan cave of Nagorno-Karabakh