Cultural layers 7 and 8 represent deposits with normal polarity. Cultural layers  11 and 12 possibly refer to the Jaramillo normal polarity episode of the Matuyama  period, i.e. possibly about 1 Ma BP. This is the evidence of the northward migration  and indicates a fairly high adaptive ability of early hominids.

 

The Eurasian sites correlated with the first migration wave have yielded cores  with a minor preparation and retaining pebble surfaces on the striking platforms  characterizing primary stone reduction. The tool kit includes micro- and macrochoppers,  chopping tools, nosed tools, pebble scrapers, backed knifes and other tool  types. This pebble industry is typologically close to the Oldowan industry.

Fig. 6. Lithic artifacts from Dmanisi (after (Lumley et al., 2005)).

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