Early Hominid Remains
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Atapuerca | Oldest in Europe (0.78 - 1 million years ago) | |
| Fossil Hominid Sites | 2.3-million year-old fossil Australopithecus africanus (nicknamed "Mrs. Ples") | |
| Gorham's Cave Complex | Neanderthal and Early Modern Humans | |
| Lake Turkana | Human fossils (at Koobi Fora) include the remains of Australopithecus robustus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens. | |
| Lenggong Valley | .. 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) | |
| 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." | |
| Melka Kunture and Balchit | "yielded remains of Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis and archaic Homo sapiens" (AB ev) | |
| Mount Carmel Caves | ||
| 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. | |
| Niah Caves | "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) | |
| 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) | |
| The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa | "Sibhudu is the only one that produced human remains dating as far back as 77,000 years ago" (homo sapiens) (AB ev) | |
| Vézère Valley | Abri de Cro-Magnon | |
| Western Caucasus | Archaeologists have found more than 150 Neanderthal sites along with the remains of mammoths, aurochs, and wild horses. (EOEarth) | |
| Willandra Lakes | Mungo Man and Lady |
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