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List of fossil parks around the world. List of fossil parks in India. Pleistocene fossils in Michigan. List of human evolution fossils. Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind – Cave. Mary Anning – British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847) Paleobiology – Study of organic evolution using fossils.
Cradle of Humankind. The Cradle of Humankind[1][2][3] is a paleoanthropological site that is located about 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Gauteng province. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, [4] the site is home to the largest known concentration of human ancestral remains anywhere in the world. [5]
It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site [2] in July 2005 [3] for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale, the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales). The site reveals evidence for the explanation of one of the greatest mysteries of the evolution of whales : the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going ...
The Maotianshan Shales (帽天山页岩) are a series of Early Cambrian sedimentary deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation, [2] famous for their Konservat Lagerstätten, deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized organisms or traces. The Maotianshan Shales form one of some forty Cambrian fossil locations worldwide exhibiting ...
Studies have shown that the Mistaken Point biota represents the oldest Ediacaran fossils known globally, and are the oldest large and architecturally complex organisms in Earth history. [5] The fossil sites along the shore within the reserve were inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list on July 17, 2016. [6] [7] [8]
Riversleigh. Riversleigh World Heritage Area is Australia's most famous fossil location, recognised for the series of well preserved fossils deposited from the Late Oligocene to more recent geological periods. The fossiliferous limestone system is located near the Gregory River in the north-west of Queensland, an environment that was once a ...
Canada. Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan. Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia. Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia. Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site, Nova Scotia. McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site. Parc national de Miguasha UNESCO site, Quebec.
Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia. [1] According to a UNESCO report (1995) "Sangiran is recognized by scientists to be one of the most important sites in the world for studying fossil man, ranking alongside Zhoukoudian (China), Willandra Lakes (Australia), Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), and Sterkfontein (South Africa ...