Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Sangiran Early Man Site

Sangiran Early Man Site

Location

Central Java

Country

Indonesia

Year of Research

1996

Culture

Excavations here from 1936 to 1941 led to the discovery of the first hominid fossil at this site.

Later, 50 fossils of Meganthropus palaeo and Pithecanthropus erectus/Homo erectus were discover– half of all the world's known hominid fossils.

Occupied for the past one and a half million years, Sangiran is one of the key sites for the understanding of human development.

The group decided to inscribe the nominated site under cultural criteria (iii) and (vi) as one of the key sites for the understanding of human development that estimably illustrates the development of Homo sapiens sapiens from the Lower Pleistocene to the present through the outstanding fossil and artefactual material that it has produced.