French: Site des premiers hommes de Sangiran
The Sangiran Early Man Site is a World Heritage site in Indonesia defined by the UNESCO in 1996 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing location.
It is on position 341 (754, 491) in our monthly survey..

"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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