Early Hominid Remains

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Early Hominid Remains':

  • Atapuerca Oldest in Europe (0.78 - 1 million years ago)
  • Fossil Hominid Sites 2.3-million year-old fossil Australopithecus africanus (nicknamed "Mrs. Ples")
  • Lake Turkana Human fossils (at Koobi Fora) include the remains of Australopithecus robustus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.
  • Lower Valley of the Awash 'Lucy', who is estimated to have lived 3.1 million years ago.
  • Lower Valley of the Omo "discovery of the earliest known fossil fragments of Homo Sapiens that have been dated circa 195,000 years old."
  • Ngorongoro Based on fossil evidence found at the Olduvai Gorge, it is known that various hominid species have occupied the area for 3 million years.
  • Peking Man Site Peking Man (0.2 - 0.5 million years old)
  • Sangiran Early Man Site Java Man (0.8 - 1.2 million years old)
  • Willandra Lakes Region Mungo Man and Lady; link