HERITAGE RECORD · 593

Sangiran Early Man Site

桑义兰早期人类遗址

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ842328 ↗

Area5600 ha

Administrative areaQ3557 · Q10688

WikipediaSangiran ↗

Chinese Wikipedia桑义兰早期人类遗址 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

Cultural archive

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Brief synthesis Sangiran Early Man Site is situated about 15 kilometers in the north of Solo town in Central Java, Indonesia, covering an area of 5,600 hectares.

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