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| Catalog no. | D2700 |
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| Common name | Dmanisi skull 3 |
| Species | Homo erectus georgicus |
| Age | c. 1.81±0.04 Mya |
| Place discovered | Dmanisi in Georgia |
| Date discovered | 2001 |
| Discovered by | Abesalom Vekua and David Lordkipanidze |
D2700, also known as Dmanisi skull 3, is one of five skulls discovered in Dmanisi, Georgia in 2001 and classified as early Homo erectus. It is an almost complete skull and is in an exceptionally good condition. It was dated stratigraphically as about 1.8 million years old.
Since the publication of the Dmanisi skull 5 in 2013, all of the five Dmanisi skulls (Skull 3 included) have contributed to the ongoing debate on human taxonomy, with some experts[who?][citation needed] proposing the re-categorization of Homo ergaster, and possibly even[citation needed] Homo habilis, as morphologically diverse subspecies of H. erectus.