Archaeological site, Early Hominid Remains

Atapuerca
The Sierra de Atapuerca is an ancient karstic region of Spain, containing several caves where fossils and stone tools of the earliest known hominids in Europe have been found, dating to between 780,000 and 1 million years ago.
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Fossil Hominid Sites
The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs are part what is called The Cradle of Humankind.
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Lower Valley of the Awash
The valley of the Awash river is one of the most important palaeontological sites on the African continent.
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Lower Valley of the Omo
The Lower Valley of the Omo River is a prehistoric site where many hominid fossils have been found. They are of fundamental importance in the study of human evolution.
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Peking Man Site
Over 500.000 years ago, the caves in this limestone area were inhabited by early hominids. They stayed for the next 300.
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Sangiran Early Man Site
Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site at the island of Java. During excavations in the 1930s fossils of some of the first known human ancestors, Pithecanthropus erectus ("Java Man", now reclassified as part of the species Homo erectus), were found here.
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Willandra Lakes Region
The Willandra Lakes Region covers 2,400 square kilometres in south-western New South Wales, Australia.
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