Azykh Cave ( Azerbaijani : Azıx mağarası ), also referred to as Azokh Cave ( Armenian : Ազոխի քարանձավ , romanized : Azoxi k’aranjav ), is a six-cave complex in Azerbaijan , known as a habitation site of prehistoric humans. It is situated near the village of Azykh in the Khojavend District . The cave is an important prehistoric site which has been occupied by different human groups for a long time. The ancient layers of the Middle Paleolithic have yielded Neanderthal fossil remains that may date from around 300,000 years ago.
33-666: The cave was discovered by the "Palaeolithic Archaeological Expedition" of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) under the leadership of Mammadali Huseynov in 1960 and is considered to be the site of one of the most ancient locations of proto-human presence in Eurasia . A Neanderthal -like jaw bone found in 1968 is assumed to be over 300,000 years old and thus one of the oldest proto-human remains found in Central Asia. Its discovery gave rise to
66-841: A speleothem dating method, the formation of the cave and thus the earliest hominid deposits have been dated to 1.19 ±0.08 million years ago. On 24 November 2020, archeological finds in the cave were brought to Baku by the representatives of the Azerbaijani State Security Service and placed in the Archaeological Fund of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of ANAS. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences ( ANAS ) ( Azerbaijani : Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası, AMEA ) , located in Baku ,
99-775: A member of the Science and Education Committee was quoted as saying "I wonder if they were aware of the contents of the book," she asked. "If they were, it is shameful. And if they were not, it is also shameful." In a book published in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan and endorsed by the Academy, the country of Armenia is presented as " Western Azerbaijan ." It depicts all monuments in Armenia as "Turkic", "Turkish" or "Armenian-Turkish", such as
132-442: Is currently located in the historical Ismailiyya palace on Istiglaliyyat Street in the center of Baku and is considered one of the most beautiful buildings. The functions of Azerbaijan National Academy of Science include the organization of scientific activity; carrying out scientific researches covering various scientific fields; coordinating and directing scientific researches of all scientific organizations and universities across
165-567: Is echoed in the political discourse of President Aliyev and is woven into state policies, diplomacy, public relations, identity construction and, critically, in the construction of extreme anti-Armenianism in Azerbaijan." According to the institute director of ANAS, Yagub Mahmudov, prior to 1918 "there was never an Armenian state in the South Caucasus". According to Mahmudov, Ilham Aliyev 's statement in which he said that Irevan
198-456: Is granted through a vote. The Academy also grants honorary memberships. The main executive figure in the academy is the President of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences who is elected by members of the Academy. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) signed memorandums, memorandums of understanding, agreements, agreements of understanding on scientific cooperation, cooperation in
231-483: Is our [Azerbaijan's] historic land, and we, Azerbaijanis must return to these historic lands , was based "historical facts" and "historical reality". Mahmudov also stated that the claim that Armenian's are the most ancient people in the region is based on propaganda, and claimed that Armenians are non-natives of the region, having only arrived in the area after Russian victories over Iran and the Ottoman Empire in
264-552: Is responsible for ensuring scientific reforms; organizing scientific researches in various fields of science; providing the organization, coordination, development of researches. The Academy should determine the strategy and priorities of scientific and technical development, participate in the preparation of state programs, make decisions, establish scientific-production-experimental plants, and various economic enterprises and organize interaction between science and production. Organizing and implementing scientific researches that aimed at
297-642: Is the main state research organization and the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Azerbaijan . It was established on 23 January 1945. The President of ANAS is Acad. Isa Habibbayli . One section of the ANAS is Republican Seismic Survey Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences . The Academy was based on the Azerbaijan Society for Scientific Research and Studies, which
330-605: The Institute of Radiation Problems . The full members of the Academy are selected from among the Corresponding Members of the Academy, who are the citizens of Azerbaijan, and conduct scientific researches, and enrich scientific knowledge. Just citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan can be elected as a correspondent member of the Academy. These candidates should have weighty services in the development of science abroad, as well as in Azerbaijan. Foreign members of
363-652: The Roman Temple of Garni being connected to the "ancient Gargar Turks", and the Etchmiadzin Cathedral as a "7th-century Armenian-Turkish Christian temple". According to the scholar and sociologist Hratch Tchilingirian, "this kind of re-writing of "history" is based solely on sources produced by Azerbaijani authors, notably prominent academician and national figure Ziya Buniyatov , whom President Heydar Aliyev described as "the constructor of our identity and self-consciousness". This constructed narrative
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#1732783431235396-467: The Academy are selected among the scholars who make valuable contributions to the world and Azerbaijani science of foreign countries. Honorary members of the Academy are selected from among the citizens of Azerbaijan, foreigners, and stateless persons, recognized worldwide as the state, public, scientific and cultural figures. Honorary members of the Academy may also be elected at the Presidium, along with
429-475: The Academy consists of the Presidium of the Academy staff and scientific institutions, as well as regional scientific departments and centers, scientific and social services. The structure and staff of the Academy are approved by the Ministers` Cabinet of Azerbaijan . The Academy performs its duties directly and through its departments. The Presidium of the Academy is the collegial executive body of
462-673: The Academy. The Academy's activity is led by the president of the Academy. The President of the Academy is elected for a term of five years at the General Meeting of the Academy and is approved by the President of Azerbaijan . Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences is divided into 6 departments (altogether they affiliate about 40 research and cultural institutions throughout the country), namely: The Academy has regional branches in Ganja , Shaki , and Lankaran . The Academy includes
495-803: The Azerbaijani Branch of the Transcaucasian Affiliate of the USSR Academy of Sciences was reorganized into the Azerbaijani Affiliate of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Chemical, Botany, Zoology, History, Ethnography and Archeology, Language and Literature research institutions, as well as the Divisions of Energy, Physics, Geology, and Soil Science were established on the base of the existing departments of
528-552: The Azerbaijani Branch of the Transcaucasian Affiliate of the USSR Academy of Sciences, consisting of 11 divisions and several committees, was organized on the basis of ASSRI. The head of the Branch was A. Ruhulla. Famous Russian scientists such as Ivan Gubkin , Alexander Grossheim, I. Meshshaninov, Iosif Yesman , and Azerbaijani scholars such as Bakir Chobanzadeh, Musa Afandiyev, Veli Khuluflu, A. Mammadov, Salman Mumtaz , A. Taghizadeh, etc. conducted scientific researches here. In 1935,
561-636: The Branch. In 1945, the USSR Council of People's Commissars ordered the society to be reorganized into the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR . During its first year, the Academy numbered 15 members; Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Samad Vurgun among them. In accord with the presidential decree (May 15, 2001), the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences was granted the status of the "National Academy of Sciences" (ANAS), after 2 years ANAS
594-648: The General Assembly of the Academy and the Scientific Unit through the Presidium and the Office of Scientific Divisions. When a member of the Academy fails to perform his duties in accordance with the Charter of ANAS, the Academy's Board of Directors discusses it individually and submits it to the General Meeting of the Academy. The foreign member of the Academy presents to the Presidium of the Academy
627-461: The General Meeting of the Academy. The full and correspondent members of the Academy are selected for a lifetime. The number of full and correspondent members of the Academy is determined by the president of Azerbaijan, taking into consideration the decision of the General Meeting of the Academy. Members of the Academy should assist in the application of scientific achievements, prepare scientific staff, carry out scientific-organizational assignments of
660-621: The Israeli Academy of Humanitarian and Medical Sciences, Turkish Center for Caspian Studies. The Academy was criticized by several members of the National Assembly , in July 2012 for publishing a children's tale called "The Unwanted Son-In-Law," which contained vulgar language and graphic scenes of incest. The story was published in 2007 in the sixth volume of the ambiguously titled "Tales" anthology. Kamila Aliyeva ,
693-504: The Presidium, and participate in the General Meetings of the Academy and its scientific unit. Members of the Academy have rights to require the Academy's Presidium to create conditions for them to carry out their scientific researches; to present scientific and scientific-organizational issues for the discussion of the Presidium of the Academy and the bureau of the scientific unit which they are members, to discuss such matters in
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#1732783431235726-557: The cave by hominins, but butchering had taken place somewhere else, not at the rear of the cave where the remains were found. When cave sediments reached close to the cave roof, the cave ceased to be used by hominins. During the Holocene , the upper sediments were eroded by water, opening up the cave to renewed human use. The cave is considered to have housed some of the earliest groups of proto-humans in Eurasia. Using uranium isotopes as
759-438: The country; implementing state policy on scientific. ANAS represents Azerbaijan in different countries and international scientific events takes measures in order to improve the scientific infrastructure and modernize the material and technical basis of science. Its functions also include strengthening the relations between science and industries, to create mechanisms for the implementation of applied scientific research in line with
792-621: The field of science and technology together with the relevant scientific academies in the world such as the Polish Academy of Sciences , Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TSTRC), the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan , the Moldova Academy of Sciences , Latvian Academy of Sciences , Spanish Academy of Economics and Finance, Turkish Academy (Kazakh Academy), Serbian Academy of Science and Art ,
825-478: The first half of the 19th century. The institute director also said: The Azerbaijani soldier should know that the land under the feet of provocative Armenians is Azerbaijani land. The enemy can never defeat Azerbaijanis on Azerbaijani soil. Those who rule the Armenian state today must fundamentally change their political course. The Armenians cannot defeat us by sitting in our historic city of Irevan. The academy
858-481: The layers. Excavations resumed in the mid-1990s. In 2002 an international research team headed by Tania King discovered undisturbed entrances to the cave as well as fauna and stone tools. Fossil assemblages recovered from the excavations between 2002 and 2009 found Pleistocene -era remains of bears accumulated as a result of hibernation, but no evidence for simultaneous occupation of the cave by bears and hominins. Other faunal remains, mainly herbivores, had been brought to
891-409: The needs of the market, and innovative environment for innovative entrepreneurship, developing new types of activities, making proposals for the transfer and acquisition of advanced technologies, and suggestions on the organization of techno-parks, innovation zones, incubation services, technology transfer centers, and shaping the innovation system in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
924-399: The proposals on the development of scientific researches and the expansion of international scientific cooperation in the scientific department. The elections of the full, correspondent, foreign and honorary members of the Academy are held no less than once every three years. The Academy has a two-tier membership. Currently, there are 57 active members and 104 corresponding members. Membership
957-443: The protection of culture, traditions, and customs, strengthening ties between science and education, representing Azerbaijan in international events related to scientific issues, participating in the organization and implementation of international scientific projects, promoting the creation of high-tech manufacturing sites and businesses based on scientific achievements; conducting regular monitoring, providing development of science in
990-546: The regions of Azerbaijan are also included responsibilities of ANAS. The Academy applies a single center-management model of research carried out in scientific research institutions, takes measures on effectiveness assessment. ANAS includes several organizations such as Scientific Production Association "Cybernetics", Central Scientific Library, Scientific Center operates under the Presidium of ANAS. Approximately 10,000 employees (4939 scientific workers, 664 doctors of sciences, 2026 philosophy doctors) work in ANAS. The structure of
1023-454: The term Azykh Man . Archaeologists have suggested that the finds from the lowest layers are of a pre- Acheulean culture (730,000 to 1,800,000 years ago), that resembles the Olduwan culture named after Tanzania 's Olduvai Gorge in many respects. The poor quality of the 1960s excavation, in which no taphonomic data was collected, led to uncertainties over the chronological sequence of
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1056-795: Was first affiliated with Baku State University and later with the USSR Academy of Sciences . In 1923, the Azerbaijan Society for Researches and Studies that included history, ethnography, economics, and natural sciences, was established as the leading scientific institution of Azerbaijan by the initiative of Nariman Narimanov . In 1929, the Society was reorganized into the Azerbaijan State Scientific Research Institute (ASSRI). ASSRI were coordinating scientific research works, and training scientific cadres for specialized high and secondary schools. In 1932,
1089-601: Was given the status of the supreme state body carrying out the scientific and scientific-technical policy of Azerbaijan. Its Charter was granted in the state document. Following the presidential decrees dated January 12, 2004, and 5 May 2004, the Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan was a part of ANAS and the Scientific Center of the National Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan was established. The Presidium
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