UKhakhayi 5: Ukakayi lomntu oneminyaka eyi-1.85 leminyaka ubudala lunyanzelise izazinzulu ukuba zicinge ngokutsha ngendaleko yabantu.
Ngo-2005, izazinzulu zafumanisa ukhakhayi olugcweleyo lwasenyameni kwindawo yamandulo yaseDmanisi, idolophu encinci ekumazantsi eGeorgia, eYurophu. Ukhakhayi alusekho hominin Owayephila iminyaka eyi-1.85 yezigidi eyadlulayo!
Yaziwa ngokuba Ukhakhayi 5 okanye D4500, isampuli yezinto zakudala iphelele kwaye inobuso obude, amazinyo amakhulu kunye necala elincinci lobuchopho. Yayenye yeengqayi ezintlanu zakudala ze-hominin ezafunyanwa eDmanisi, kwaye inyanzelise oososayensi ukuba baphinde bacinge ngebali lokuvela kwabantu kwasekuqaleni.
Ngokwabaphandi, "Ukufumanisa kunika ubungqina bokuqala bokuba iHomo yamandulo yayiquka abantu abadala abaneengqondo ezincinci kodwa ubunzima bomzimba, isiqu kunye nomlinganiso wamalungu afikelela kumda ophantsi weenguqulelo zale mihla."
IDmanisi yidolophu kunye nendawo ye-archaeological kwingingqi yaseKvemo Kartli yaseGeorgia malunga ne-93 km kumazantsi-ntshona kwikomkhulu lesizwe iTbilisi kwintlambo yomlambo iMashavera. Indawo ye-hominin ibhalwe iminyaka eyi-1.8 yezigidi eyadlulayo.
Uthotho lweengqayi ezazineempawu ezahlukileyo zomzimba, ezafunyanwa eDmanisi kwii-2010s zokuqala, zikhokelele kwingcinga yokuba uninzi lweentlobo ezahlukeneyo zohlobo lweHomo zazingumnombo omnye. Kwaye ukakayi 5, okanye eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni njenge "D4500" lukakayi lwesihlanu ukufunyanwa eDmanisi.
Kude kwaba ngawo-1980, oososayensi babecinga ukuba iihominin bezithintelwe kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika kulo lonke ilizwe I-Pleistocene yasekuqaleni (kude kube malunga ne-0.8 yezigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo), kuphela ukufuduka kuphume ngexesha lesigaba esichaziweyo Ngaphandle kweAfrika mna. Ke, uninzi lweenzame zokumbiwa kwezinto zakudala zazingagungqi ekugxilwe e-Afrika.
Kodwa indawo yase-Dmanisi yezinto zakudala yindawo yokuqala ye-hominin ngaphandle kwe-Afrika kwaye uhlalutyo lwezinto zayo zobugcisa lubonise ukuba ezinye iindawo, ikakhulu IHomo erectus georgicus Babeyishiyile iAfrika kwiminyaka eyi-1.85 yezigidi eyadlulayo. Zonke iikhakhayi ezi-5 ziphantse zalingana ngeminyaka.
Nangona, uninzi lwezazinzulu lucebise ukuba ukhakhayi 5 lube yinto eqhelekileyo Homo erectus, izinyanya ezingabantu ezifumaneka ngokubanzi eAfrika ukusuka kwangelo xesha linye. Ngelixa abanye bebanga ukuba kunjalo I-Australopithecus sediba eyayihlala kwindawo ekuthiwa nguMzantsi Afrika ngoku malunga ne-1.9 yezigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo kwaye apho uhlobo lweHomo, kubandakanya nabantu banamhlanje, kuthathwa njengokwehlayo.
Zininzi izinto ezintsha ezinokwenzeka eziye zakhankanywa zizazinzulu ezininzi, kodwa ngelishwa sisahluthwe obona bungqina bembali yethu.
