World Heritage Identification Number: 593
World Heritage since: 1996
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Continent: Asia
UNESCO World Region: Asia and the Pacific
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The Sangiran Early Man Site: A Key Location in Human Evolution Studies
The Sangiran Early Man Site, located in Central Java, Indonesia, holds significant importance in the study of human evolution. This archaeological excavation site has been instrumental in the discovery of numerous hominid fossils, making it one of the most crucial locations worldwide in this field of research.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
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 found – half of all the world's known hominid fossils. Inhabited for the past one and a half million years, Sangiran is one of the key sites for the understanding of human evolution.
UNESCO Justification of the World Heritage Site
The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated site under cultural criteria (iii) and (vi) as one of the key sites for the understanding of human evolution that admirably 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.
Encyclopedia Record: Sangiran
Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia. According to a UNESCO report (1995) "Sangiran is recognized by scientists to be one of the most important sites in the world for studying fossil man, ranking alongside Zhoukoudian (China), Willandra Lakes (Australia), Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), and Sterkfontein, and more fruitful in finds than any of these."Additional Site Details
Area: 5,600 hectares
(vi) — Directly associated with events or living traditions
Coordinates: -7.4 , 110.8166667
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