less ▁of ▁their ▁tax onom ic ▁position , ▁the ▁sp atio - tem por al ▁proxim ity ▁of ▁these ▁five ▁individuals ▁provide ▁evidence ▁for ▁large ▁variation ▁in ▁morph ology ▁within ▁early ▁H omo ▁populations . ▁ ▁Disc overy ▁▁ ▁D man isi ▁is ▁a ▁town ▁in ▁the ▁K v emo ▁K art li ▁region ▁of ▁Georgia ▁about ▁ 8 5 km ▁south west ▁of ▁the ▁capital , ▁T bil isi . ▁It ▁is ▁home ▁to ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁century ▁c athedral ▁D man isi ▁S ioni , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁medieval ▁D man isi ▁Castle . ▁Initial ▁evidence ▁of ▁P lio - P le ist oc ene ▁materials ▁appeared ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁exc av ation ▁of ▁medieval ▁storage ▁p its . ▁When ▁the ▁initial ▁hom in in ▁mand ible ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁it ▁was ▁incorrectly ▁assumed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁stored ▁in ▁these ▁storage ▁p its ▁by ▁medieval ▁humans , ▁however ▁that ▁claim ▁was ▁proven ▁false ▁after ▁more ▁thorough ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁strat ig raph y ▁in ▁subsequent ▁studies . ▁ ▁A ▁ple th ora ▁of ▁ext inct ▁Ple ist oc ene ▁fa unal ▁spec im ens ▁have ▁been ▁discovered ▁at ▁the ▁site . ▁To ▁date , ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁animal ▁foss ils ▁have ▁been ▁un cover ed , ▁with ▁a ▁majority ▁( ~ 7 0 %) ▁of ▁the ▁spec im ens ▁being ▁un bro ken , ▁and ▁many ▁being ▁extremely ▁well ▁preserved ▁( We ather ing ▁Stage