FILE PHOTO: The skull of the early human species Homo

    FILE PHOTO: Scientist David Lordkipanidze of the Georgian Academy of Sciences shows the skull – about about 1.8 million years old – of the early human species Homo erectus excavated near the town of Dmanisi, some 85 kms (53 miles) southwest of Tbilisi, July 8, 2002. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili REUTERS/File Photo