The researchers Dr. Mohamed Sahnouni and Dr. Sileshi Semaw from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have given invited presentations at an international conference organized in Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia, entitled “100 + 25 years of Homo erectus: Dmanisi and beyond", from 20-24 September 2016. 

The forum, which has involved prominent international scientists from Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States, has been organized by the National Museum of Georgia and Senckenberg Research Institute (Germany). 

Dr. Sahnouni’s podium presentation has provided a background on the behavior and adaptation of early Homo in North Africa based on lithics and fauna investigated at Ain Hanech and Tighennif (Algeria). Dr. Semaw has given a speech on the early Acheulian from Gona, Ethiopia highlighting the implications for Homo erectus lithic technology and diet.  

The three day conference and poster session has been completed with a day of excursion to the Dmanisi site where five well-preserved hominin skulls (Homo ergaster/erectus) were discovered.