Early Hominid Remains

Connected Sites: 17

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

Sangiran Early Man Site
Inscribed: 1996
1.86
74
9
Java Man (0.8 - 1.2 Million Years Old)
Peking Man Site
Inscribed: 1987
2.22
101
7
Peking Man (0.2 - 0.5 Million Years Old)
Atapuerca
Inscribed: 2000
2.29
122
7
Oldest In Europe (0.78 - 1 Million Years Ago)
Fossil Hominid Sites
Inscribed: 1999
2.33
74
5
2.3-Million Year-Old Fossil Australopithecus Africanus (Nicknamed "Mrs. Ples")
Lower Valley of the Awash
Inscribed: 1980
2.78
16
3
'Lucy', Who Is Estimated To Have Lived 3.1 Million Years Ago.
Lower Valley of the Omo
Inscribed: 1980
3.42
43
4
"Discovery Of The Earliest Known Fossil Fragments Of Homo Sapiens That Have Been Dated Circa 195,000 Years Old."
Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro
Tanzania
Inscribed: 1979
4.35
160
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.
Lake Turkana
Inscribed: 1997
2.64
17
1
Human Fossils (At Koobi Fora) Include The Remains Of Australopithecus Robustus, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus And Homo Sapiens.
Willandra Lakes
Inscribed: 1981
3.20
37
4
Mungo Man And Lady
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Mount Carmel Caves
Inscribed: 2012
2.23
90
5
"The Site Demonstrates The Unique Existence Of Both Neanderthals And Early Anatomically Modern Humans (Eamh) Within The Same Middle Palaeolithic Cultural Framework" (Ouv)
Lenggong Valley
Inscribed: 2012
1.76
53
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)
Vézère Valley
Inscribed: 1979
3.54
145
12
Abri De Cro-Magnon
Western Caucasus
Inscribed: 1999
3.33
24
3
Archaeologists Have Found More Than 150 Neanderthal Sites Along With The Remains Of Mammoths, Aurochs, And Wild Horses. (Eoearth)
Gorham's Cave Complex
Inscribed: 2016
2.18
96
9
Neanderthal And Early Modern Humans
Niah Caves
Niah Caves
Malaysia
Inscribed: 2024
2.72
22
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)
Melka Kunture and Balchit
Inscribed: 2024
1.47
18
2
"Yielded Remains Of Homo Erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis And Archaic Homo Sapiens" (Ab Ev)
The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
Inscribed: 2024
1.38
7
3
"Sibhudu Is The Only One That Produced Human Remains Dating As Far Back As 77,000 Years Ago" (Homo Sapiens) (Ab Ev)