The Narmada Valley became a fossil attraction in the early 19th century following the discovery of a dinosaur, Titanosaurus. Discovery of stone tools prompted a search for early human fossils, but over a century of research was in vain.

The discovery in 1982 of a fossilized skull in the central Narmada valley in Madhya Pradesh, India, provides the first scientifically recorded evidence of human skeletal remains from the Indian subcontinent dating to the late Middle Pleistocene of 300,000 to 150,000 years ago. Dr. Arun Sonakia of the Geological Survey of India found the fossil ...

2022年12月6日 · The discovery of “Narmada Man” has put India on the world fossil map. It proved the presence of early humans in the subcontinent and filled a void in our knowledge about human evolution. It has been 40 years since the discovery, but it …

2006年1月1日 · The Narmada Homo erectus remains (Fig. 3) comprising fairly complete neuro-cranium [10], [11], [16] have provided evidence of early human existence in peninsular India. For quite long, the Narmada Valley has yielded one of the richest collections of gradually evolving Pleistocene mammals in their stratigraphic disposition.

2012年12月14日 · On the banks of the Narmada at Madhya Pradesh’s Hathnora village, geologist Arun Sonakia stumbled upon what turned out to be the most tantalising fossil discovery of a human ancestor. Narmada Human was the discovery of the century. Kids in our schools learn about Java Man and Peking Man but hardly anyone knows about Narmada Human.

Antiquity of the Narmada Homo erectus, the early man of India Arun Sonakia* and S. Biswas Palaeontology Division, Geological Survey of India, Nagpur 440 006, India The fossilized skull of Narmada Homo erectus was found embedded in a conglomerate bed in the Nar mada valley of central India. This bed occurs at the

The discovery in 1982 of a fossilized skull in the central Narmada valley in Madhya Pradesh, India, provides the first scientifically recorded evidence of human skeletal remains from the Indian subcontinent dating to the late Middle Pleistocene of 300,000 to 150,000 years ago. Dr. Arun Sonakia of the Geological Survey of India found the fossil ...

The correct answer is Narmada valley. The first evidence of man was found in India in western Narmada region of Madhya Pradesh. It was first discovered in 1982. Narmada Human also known as Narmada Man belongs to the category of Homo …

2024年2月7日 · Captain William Henry Sleeman, a British Army Captain, discovered the first fossils in the Narmada Valley in 1828. Who discovered Narmada Man? Arun Sonakia, a geologist, discovered the only known fossil of a human ancestor from South Asia on the banks of the Narmada in 1982.

A piece of skull — possibly from a Homo erectus but largely disputed discovered in December, 1982 in the middle of the Narmada valley in Hathnora, Madhya Pradesh—is the first and only of its kind in India (See Narmanda Human Below).