Early Hominid Remains

Connected Sites: 17

Definition
WHS where Early Hominid Remains have been discovered, "the fossilized physical evidence (bones, teeth, footprints, etc.) of extinct species that are considered early ancestors and close relatives of modern humans, belonging to to the tribe Hominini"

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Connected Sites

  • Lake Turkana
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.64
    11
    1
    Human fossils (at Koobi Fora) include the remains of Australopithecus robustus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.
  • Vézère Valley
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.54
    114
    12
    Abri de Cro-Magnon
  • Lower Valley of the Omo
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.42
    35
    4
    "discovery of the earliest known fossil fragments of Homo Sapiens that have been dated circa 195,000 years old."
  • Lenggong Valley
    Inscribed: 2012
    1.76
    47
    14
    .. anatomically modern humans represented by the Kota Tampan site of 70,000 BP moved through the valley reaching Australia as represented at Lake Mungo by 50,000 BP. Similarly the Perak Man site of 10,000 BP and the other nearby burial sites in the Bukit Kepala Gajah Massif are thought to represent the later passage of Australomelanesoid man to Indonesia, Melanesia and Australia. (AB ev)
  • The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
    Inscribed: 2024
    1.59
    9
    3
    "Sibhudu is the only one that produced human remains dating as far back as 77,000 years ago" (homo sapiens) (AB ev)
  • Peking Man Site
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.22
    80
    7
    Peking Man (0.2 - 0.5 million years old)
  • Inscribed: 2024
    1.47
    19
    3
    "yielded remains of Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis and archaic Homo sapiens" (AB ev)
  • Willandra Lakes
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.20
    30
    4
    Mungo Man and Lady
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Inscribed: 1999
    3.28
    21
    3
    Archaeologists have found more than 150 Neanderthal sites along with the remains of mammoths, aurochs, and wild horses. (EOEarth)
  • Sangiran Early Man Site
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.86
    64
    9
    Java Man (0.8 - 1.2 million years old)
  • Niah Caves
    Niah Caves
    Malaysia
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.71
    24
    5
    "Human skeletal remains, including the circa 40,000-year-old “Deep Skull” ..."The “Deep Skull” is regarded as the oldest anatomically modern human recovered from the Island Southeast Asia." (AB ev)
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    129
    4
    Based on fossil evidence found at the Olduvai Gorge, it is known that various hominid species have occupied the area for 3 million years.
  • Mount Carmel Caves
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.23
    72
    5
    "the site demonstrates the unique existence of both Neanderthals and Early Anatomically Modern Humans (EAMH) within the same Middle Palaeolithic cultural framework" (OUV)
  • Lower Valley of the Awash
    Inscribed: 1980
    2.78
    14
    3
    'Lucy', who is estimated to have lived 3.1 million years ago.
  • Fossil Hominid Sites
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.33
    60
    5
    2.3-million year-old fossil Australopithecus africanus (nicknamed "Mrs. Ples")
  • Atapuerca
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.31
    107
    7
    Oldest in Europe (0.78 - 1 million years ago)
  • Gorham's Cave Complex
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.21
    86
    9
    Neanderthal and Early Modern Humans