Sangiran Early Man Site, Indonesia - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Sangiran Early Man Site, Indonesia

Weather: Scattered thunderstorms, 75/87F.

Route: From Bali 669 km west on ferry and Jl. Tol Bangil.

Significance: This area of Java has yielded as many early hominid fossils as anywhere in the world. Explorations starting in the 1930's, when "Java Man" was found, have unearthed over 100 fossils of Homo Erectus going back 1.5 million years.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Skull fossil of Homo Erectus (from whc.unesco.org)

Cliffs where many of the fossils have been found (from whc.unesco.org)