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The
Sangiran
Early
Man
Site
is
one
of
the
most
important
archaeological
sites
in
Indonesia,
located
in
Sragen
Regency
and
Karanganyar
Regency,
Central
Java.
This
site
is
famous
for
the
discovery
of
ancient
human
fossils
which
provide
important
information
about
human
evolution
in
the
Southeast
Asian
region.
Some
important
discoveries
at
the
Sangiran
Early
Human
Site
include:
Pithecanthropus
erectus
fossil:
In
1936,
a
Dutch
paleontologist,
Gustav
Heinrich
Ralph
von
Koenigswald,
discovered
a
fossil
of
an
ancient
human
that
became
known
as
Pithecanthropus
erectus
(otherwise
known
as
"Sangiran
2").
This
discovery
is
one
of
the
oldest
ancient
human
fossils
in
Asia.
Sangiran
Female
Ancient
Human
Fossil:
In
2001,
a
team
of
Indonesian
archaeologists
discovered
a
female
ancient
human
fossil
that
was
estimated
to
be
around
1.2
million
years
old.
This
discovery
provides
valuable
information
about
the
presence
of
ancient
humans
in
the
region
in
the
Early
Pleistocene
period.
Other
fossils:
Apart
from
ancient
human
fossils,
the
Sangiran
Early
Human
Site
also
produced
discoveries
of
ancient
animal
fossils
such
as
ancient
elephants,
ancient
horses
and
ancient
pigs,
as
well
as
stone
artifacts
and
other
prehistoric
tools.
The
Sangiran
Early
Human
Site
has
been
recognized
as
a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site
since
1996.
Apart
from
being
an
archaeological
research
destination,
this
site
is
also
a
tourist
and
educational
place
for
local
people
and
tourists
who
are
interested
in
history
and
human
evolution.