A partial list of key Homo erectus fossil localities, and some of the key specimens preserved at each.
Date (mya)****Locality****Key Fossils
1.9 – 1.2
Koobi Fora, Kenya
WT 15000 (Nariokotome), ER-3733, ER-3883
1.9 – 0.7
Olduvia Gorge, Tanzania
OH 9, OH 12
1.8 – 1.7
Dmanisi, Georgia
D3444, D2700, D2280, D2282
1.8 – 1.6
Swartkrans, South Africa
SK 847
1.8 – 0.9
Sangiran/Trinil, Indonesia
Trinil 2, Mojokerto, Sangiran 17, Sangiran 2
1.0 – 0.8
Ceprano, Italy
Ceprano 1
0.8 – 0.4
Zhoukoudian, China
ZKD E1, D1, L1, L2, H3
0.8 – 0.6
Bodo, Ethiopia
Bodo
0.6 – 0.3
Atapuerca, Spain
Sima de los huesos (numerous)
0.3 – 0.1
Jinniushan, China
Jinniushan
0.2 – 0.05
Ngandong, Indonesia
Ngandong 1, 9, 10, 11Table 1: Key Homo erectus fossil sites. A partial list of key Homo erectus fossil localities, and some of the key specimens preserved at each. Exact dates are difficult to obtain for many of these localities, so the above dates represent best approximate ranges. In some cases, such as Olduvai Gorge and Koobi Fora, fossils have been recovered from many individual localities within the area, spanning a large range of dates.