Sangiran

Important site for Indonesian finds of Homo erectus in the Solo River valley of Java. Rich fossil-bearing deposits of both Middle Pleistocene (Trini fauna) and Lower Pleistocene (Djetis fauna) have yielded fossils of more than four hominid individuals from each level, including five skulls from the later level of perhaps c 0.5-1 million years ago. The name was also used for a stone small-flake industry of the Middle Pleistocene. The human-made flakes are now mainly attributed to the High Terrace Gravels of the late Pleistocene or the Holocene.

The most important locality for Indonesian finds of Homo erectus in central Java. Rich fossil-bearing deposits of both Middle Pleistocene (Trinil fauna) and Lower Pleistocene (Djetis fauna) have yielded fossils of more than four hominid individuals from each level, including five skulls from the later level of perhaps c0.5 to 0.8 million years ago. Some of the large-toothed fossils from the lower level were once labelled Meganthropus, and have been compared to Paranthropus (Australopithecus) robustus. See also human evolution, Ngangdong, Sambungmacan, Trinil.