Archaeology & Prehistory
Hathnora: the 'Narmada' hominin fossil
c. 250,000-50,000 years ago (debated)Archaic human (Homo)Hathnora, Narmada valley (Madhya Pradesh)Madhya Pradesh
250,000 years ago
A partial skull, the best-known archaic human fossil from the Indian subcontinent.
- Dated
- 250,000–50,000 years ago
- As scholars put it
- c. 250,000-50,000 years ago (debated)
- Originator
- Archaic human (Homo)
- Source text
- Hathnora, Narmada valley (Madhya Pradesh)
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Compared with Homo erectus and archaic Homo sapiens fossils elsewhere.
Fair to say
Both its species attribution and its age are disputed.
Path to modern innovation
Key evidence for which human species lived in Middle Pleistocene India.
References
- 1Sonakia (1984)
- 2Kennedy et al. (1991)
Further reading
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