| Name | Age | Species | Date discovered | Country | Discovered by | Now located at |
| KNM-WT 17000 (The Black Skull) | 2.50 | Paranthropus aethiopicus | 1985 | Kenya | Alan Walker | |
| BOU-VP-12/130 | 2.50 | Australopithecus garhi | 1997 | Ethiopia | Yohannes Haile-Selassie | |
| LD-760 | 2.63 | Australopithecus sp. indet. | 2025 | Ethiopia | | |
| STS 71 | 2.61–2.07 | Australopithecus africanus | 1947 | Sterkfontein, South Africa | Robert Broom and John T. Robinson | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History |
| STS 52 | 2.61–2.07 | Australopithecus africanus | 1947 | Sterkfontein, South Africa | Robert Broom | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History |
| UR 501 | 2.40±0.10 | Homo rudolfensis | 1991 | Malawi | Tyson Msiska, Timothy Bromage, Friedemann Schrenk | |
| STS 5 (Mrs. Ples)
| 2.07 | Australopithecus africanus | 1947 | Sterkfontein, South Africa | Robert Broom | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History |
| DNH 134 | 2.04 | Homo erectus | 2015 | Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa | Andy Herries' team | University of the Witwatersrand |
| DNH 155 | 2.04–1.95 | Paranthropus robustus | 2018 | Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa | Andy Herries and Stephanie Baker's team | University of the Witwatersrand |
| DNH 152 | 2.04–1.95 | Paranthropus robustus | 2018 | Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa | Andy Herries and Stephanie Baker's team | University of the Witwatersrand |
| DNH 7 (Eurydice) | 2.04–1.95 | Paranthropus robustus | 1994 | Drimolen, Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa | R. Smith and André Keyser | University of the Witwatersrand |
| KNM-ER 64060 | 2.03 | Homo habilis | 2012 | Ileret, Kenya | | |
| KNM-ER 64061 | 2.02 | Homo habilis | 2012-2013 | Ileret, Kenya | | |
| TM 1517 | 2.0 | Paranthropus robustus | 1938 | South Africa | Gert Terblanche | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History |
| MH1 | 1.98 | Australopithecus sediba | 2008 | Malapa, South Africa | Matthew Berger and Lee Rogers Berger | University of the Witwatersrand |
| KNM-ER 1813 | 1.90 | Homo habilis | 1973 | Kenya | Kamoya Kimeu | |
| KNM-ER 1470 | 1.90 | Homo rudolfensis | 1972 | Kenya | Bernard Ngeneo | |
| SK 48 | 2.25–1.80 | Paranthropus robustus | 1948 | Swartkrans, South Africa | Robert Broom | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History |
| SK 46 | 2.25–1.80 | Paranthropus robustus | 1949 | Swartkrans, South Africa | Robert Broom | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History |
| SK 847 | 2.25–1.80 | Homo habilis | 1949 | Swartkrans, South Africa | | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History |
| OH 24 (Twiggy) | 1.80 | Homo habilis | 1968 | Tanzania | Peter Nzube | |
| OH 8 | 1.80 | Homo habilis | 1960 | Olduvai, Tanzania | | |
| D2700 | 1.81±0.40 | Homo erectus | 2001 | Dmanisi, Georgia | David Lordkipanidze and Abesalom Vekua | |
| D3444 | 1.81±0.40 | Homo erectus | 2003 | Dmanisi, Georgia | David Lordkipanidze | |
| D4500 | 1.81±0.40 | Homo erectus | 2005 | Dmanisi, Georgia | David Lordkipanidze | |
| KNM-ER 62000–62003 | 1.84±0.60 | Homo rudolfensis | 2012 | Koobi Fora, Kenya | Meave Leakey's team | |
| KNM-ER 64062 | 1.84±0.02 | Homo erectus | 2013 | Ileret, Kenya | | |
| OH 5 (Zinj or nutcracker man) | 1.75 | Paranthropus boisei | 1959 | Tanzania | Mary Leakey | |
| OH 7 (Johnny's Child) | 1.75 | Homo habilis | 1960 | Tanzania | Jonathan and Mary Leakey | |
| StW 53 | 1.8–1.6 | variously A. africanus, H. habilis, H. gautengensis | 1976 | Sterkfontein, South Africa | A. R. Hughes | University of the Witwatersrand |
| KNM-ER 1805 | 1.74 | Homo habilis | 1973/4 | Kenya | Paul Abell | |
| Yuanmou Man | 1.70 or 0.60–0.50
| Homo erectus | 1965 | China | Fang Qian | |
| KNM-ER 406 | 1.70 | Paranthropus boisei | 1969 | Kenya | Richard Leakey | |
| KNM-ER 732 | 1.70 | Paranthropus boisei | 1970 | Kenya | Richard Leakey | |
| KNM-ER 23000 | 1.70 | Paranthropus boisei | 1990 | Koobi Fora, Kenya | Benson Kyongo | |
| KNM-WT 17400 | 1.70 | Paranthropus boisei | Not known | Lake Turkana Kenya | unknown | National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi |
| KNM-ER 3733 | 1.63±0.15 | Homo ergaster | 1975 | Kenya | | |
| Lantian Man | 1.62±0.03 | Homo erectus | 1963 | Lantian County, China | Woo Ju-Kang | |
| KNM-WT 15000 (Turkana Boy) | 1.60 | Homo ergaster | 1984 | Lake Turkana, Kenya | Kamoya Kimeu | Kenya National Museum |
| Peninj Mandible | 1.50 | Paranthropus boisei | 1964 | Tanzania | Richard Leakey | |
| Ileret Footprints | 1.50 | Homo erectus | 2007-2014 | Ileret, Kenya | | |
| KNM-ER 992 | 1.50 | Homo ergaster | 1971 | Kenya | Richard Leakey | |
| KNM-ER 3883 | 1.57±0.08 | Homo erectus | 1976 | Kenya | Richard Leakey | |
| Mojokerto 1 (Mojokerto child) | 1.43±0.10 | Homo erectus | 1936 | Indonesia | Andojo, G.H.R. von Koenigswald | |
| BL02-J54-100 | 1.40 | Similar to H. heidelbergensis | Unknown | Spain | Unknown | |
| KGA 10-525 | 1.40 | Paranthropus boisei | 1993 | Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia | A. Amzaye | |
| OH 9 (Chellean Man) | 1.40 | Homo erectus | 1960 | Olduvai, Tanzania | Louis Leakey | |
| Sima del Elephante maxilla | 1.40 | Homo erectus? | 2022 | Spain | | |
| OH 80 | 1.34 | Paranthropus boisei | 2010 | Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania | Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo | National Museum of Tanzania |
| ATE9-1 | 1.20 | Homo sp. or Homo erectus? | 2008 | Spain | Eudald Carbonell | Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos |
| Kocabaş | 1.10 | Homo erectus | 2002 | Turkey | M. Cihat Alçiçek | |
| Daka | 1.00 | Homo erectus | 1997 | Ethiopia | Henry Gilbert | |
| Sangiran 4 | 1.00 | Homo erectus | 1939 | Indonesia | G.H.R. von Koenigswald | |
| Sangiran 2 | 1.15±0.45 | Homo erectus | 1937 | Indonesia | G.H.R. von Koenigswald | |
| Madam Buya | 1.00 | Homo erectus | 1997 | Eritrea | Ernesto Abbate | National Museum of Eritrea |
| ATD6-15 and ATD6-69
| 0.900 | Homo antecessor or Homo erectus | 1994 | Spain | Bermúdez & Arsuaga | Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos |
| Trinil 2 Pithecanthropus-1 or Java Man | 0.850±0.150 | Homo erectus | 1891 | Indonesia | Eugène Dubois | Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden |
| Ternifine 2-3 now Tighennif | 0.70 | Homo erectus | 1954 | Algeria | C. Arambourg & B. Hoffstetter | |
| Sangiran 17 | 0.70 | Homo erectus | 1969 | Indonesia | S. Sartono | |
| Peking Man | 0.73±0.50 | Homo erectus | 1921 | China | Davidson Black | Lost/stolen |
| Heidel | 0.60 | Homo Aeserniensis or Homo Heidelbergensis | 2014 | Italy | | National Paleolithic Museum of Isernia |
| Nanjing Man | 0.60±0.02 | Homo erectus | 1993 | China | Liu Luhong | |
| Bodo | 0.600 | Homo heidelbergensis or Homo erectus | 1976 | Ethiopia | A. Asfaw | |
| Benjamina | 0.53 | Homo neanderthalensis | 2001-2001 | Spain | Ana Gracia Téllez | |
| Mauer 1 (Heidelberg Man) | 0.50 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1907 | Germany | Daniel Hartmann | Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University |
| Saldanha man | 0.50 | Homo rhodesiensis | 1953 | South Africa | | |
| Boxgrove Man | 0.50 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1994 | UK | | Natural History Museum |
| Arago 21 (Tautavel Man) | 0.45 | Homo erectus | 1971 | France | Henry de Lumley | |
| Ceprano Man | 0.450±0.050 | Homo cepranensis /Homo heidelbergensis | 1994 | Ceprano, Italy | Italo Biddittu | Servizio di antropologia, Soprintendenza ai beni culturali, Regione Lazio, Italy |
| Agamenón | 0.43 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1997 | Spain | Paleontological teams | Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos |
| Miguelón | 0.40 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1992 | Spain | Bermúdez, Arsuaga & Carbonell | Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos |
| Aroeira 3 | 0.40 | Homo heidelbergensis | 2014 | Portugal | | Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon |
| Salé cranium | 0.40-0.20 | Homo sapiens? | 1971 | Morocco | Quarry worker | |
| Swanscombe Man | 0.40 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1935, 1936, 1955 | UK | Alvan T Marston, John J Wymer and Adrian Gibson | Natural History Museum |
| Ndutu | 0.45±.04 | Homo neanderthalensis affinities | 1973 | Tanzania | Amini Aza Mturi | |
| Hexian Man | 0.412±0.025 | Homo erectus | 1980-1981 | Hexian, China | | |
| BH-1 | 0.40 | Homo heidelbergensis | | Mala Balanica, Serbia | | |
| Gawis cranium | 0.350±0.150 | Homo erectus/Homo sapiens | 2006 | Ethiopia | Asahmed Humet | |
| Steinheim Skull | 0.35 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1933 | Germany | | |
| Dinaledi Chamber hominins | 0.325±0.090 | Homo naledi | 2013 | South Africa | Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Name | Age | Species | Year discovered | Country | Discovered by | Now located at |
| Dragon Man | 309–138 | Homo longi | 1933 | China | | Hebei GEO University |
| Broken Hill 1
| 299±25 | Homo rhodesiensis | 1921 | Zambia | Tom Zwiglaar | |
| Jebel Irhoud 1–5 | 315±32 | Homo sapiens | 2017 | Morocco | INSAP | |
| Samu | 275±25 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1964 | Hungary | László Vértes | |
| Dali Man | 260±20 | Homo daliensis | 1978 | China | Shuntang Liu | |
| Jinniushan | 260-200 ka | Homo longi Homo daliensis | 1984 | China | Paleolithic Archeology Student Excavation Team | |
| Florisbad Skull | 259±35 | early Homo sapiens or Homo heidelbergensis or Homo helmei | 1932 | South Africa | T. F. Dreyer, G. Venter | |
| Galilee Man | 250±50 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1925 | Israel | Francis Turville-Petre | |
| Coupe-Gorge | 250 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1949 | France | Raoul Cammas | |
| Montmaurin-La Niche mandible | 250 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1949 | France | Raoul Cammas | Musée de l'Homme |
| Saccopastore 1 | 250 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1929 | Grotta Guattari / Italy | Mario Grazioli | |
| Saccopastore 2 | 250 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1935 | Grotta Guattari / Italy | Henry Breuil and Alberto Carlo Blanc | |
| Narmada Human | 236-46 | Homo erectus or Homo sapiens | 1982 | Narmada River, India | Arun Sonakia | - |
| Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site, Denbighshire, Wales | 230 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1981 | Wales, UK | | |
| Apidima 1
| 210 | Homo sapiens | 1978 | Apidima Cave / Greece | Theodore Pitsios | |
| Petralona 1 | 200±40 | Homo heidelbergensis | 1960 | Greece | | |
| Omo remains | 233±22 or 195±5 | Homo sapiens | 1967 | Ethiopia | Richard Leakey | |
| Laterite Baby | 190 | H. erectus or H. sapiens | 2001 | Tamil Nadu, India | P Rajendran | |
| Misliya-1 | 187±13 | Homo sapiens | 2002 | Israel | Israel Hershkovitz | |
| Apidima 2
| 170 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1978 | Apidima Cave / Greece | Theodore Pitsios | |
| Penghu 1 | 160±30 or 40±30 | Denisovan? | | Taiwan | | National Museum of Natural Science |
| Herto remains | 160 | Homo sapiens | 1997 | Ethiopia | Tim White | |
| Xiahe mandible | 160 | Denisovan | 1980 | China | | |
| Altamura Man | 151±21 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1993 | Italy | | in situ |
| Nesher Ramla Homo | 140±120 | Nesher Ramla Homo or Homo neanderthalensis | 2021 | Israel | Israel Hershkovitz | |
| Maba Man | 140±120 | early modern human, Homo neanderthalensis or Denisovan | 1958 | Shaogun, China | | Institute of [Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology] |
| Callao Man
| 134±14 | Homo luzonensis | 2011–2015 | Callao Cave, Philippines | Florent Détroit & Armand Mijares | |
| EH 06 | 132–88 | Homo sapiens ? | 2002–2006 | Lake Eyasi, Tanzania | Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo | |
| LH 18 | 120±30 | Homo sapiens | 1976 | Ngaloba beds at Laetoli, Tanzania | Mary Leakey | |
| Tabun C1 | 120 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1967 | Israel | Arthur Jelinek | |
| Fuyan Teeth | 120-80 | Homo sapiens | 2011 | China | | |
| Zhiren 1-3 | 116-106 | Homo sapiens | 2010 | China | | |
| Sarstedt (Sst) I-III | 115-58 | Homo neanderthalensis? | 1997-1999 | Germany | Frangenberg brothers | |
| Krapina 3 | 113.5±13.5 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1899 | Croatia | Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger | |
| Ngandong 7 | 112 | Homo erectus | 1931 | Indonesia | C. ter Haar and G. H. R. von Koenigswald | |
| Denisova 8 | 110 | Denisovan | 2010 | Russia | | |
| Qafzeh 6 | 95±5 | Homo sapiens | 1930 | Israel | R. Neuville, M. Stekelis | |
| Qafzeh 9 | 100–90 | Homo sapiens | 1933 | Israel | B. Vandermeersch | |
| Scladina | 103±23 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1993 | Belgium | | |
| Skhul 5 | 100±20 | Homo sapiens | 1933 | Israel | T. McCown and H. Moivus Jr. | |
| Skhul 9 | 100±20 | Homo sapiens | | Israel | | |
| Klasies River Caves | 100±25 | Homo sapiens | 1960 | South Africa | Ray Inskeep, Robin Singer, John Wymer, Hilary Deacon | |
| Eve's footprints | 117 | Homo sapiens | 1995 | South Africa | David Roberts & Lee R. Berger | |
| Denny | 90 | Hybrid – | 2012 | Denisova Cave / Siberia / Russia | Viviane Slon & Svante Pääbo | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Panga ya Saidi | 78.3±4.1 | Homo sapiens | 2021 | Kenya | | |
| Obi-Rakhmat 1 | 75 | Homo neanderthalensis | 2003 | Uzbekistan | | |
| Teshik-Tash Skull | 70 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1938 | Uzbekistan | A. Okladnikov | |
| La Ferrassie 1 | 70 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1909 | France | R. Capitan and D. Peyrony | |
| Shanidar 1 | 70±10 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1961 | Iraq | Ralph Solecki | |
| Sambungmacan (Sm) 1-4 | 70- 40 | Homo erectus | 1973-2001 | Indonesia | Construction and fossil collectors | |
| Callao Man
| 66.7±1 | Homo luzonensis | 2007 | Callao Cave, Philippines | Florent Détroit & Armand Mijares | |
| La Quina 5 | 65 | Homo neanderthalensis | | France | | |
| La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 | 60 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1908 | France | A. and J. Bouyssonie and L. Bardon | |
| Kebara 2 | 60 | Homo neanderthalensis | 1983 | Israel | Lynne Schepartz | |
| Amud 7 | 55±5 | Homo neanderthalensis | | Israel | | |
| LB 1 (Hobbit) | 55±5 | Homo floresiensis | 2003 | Liang Bua, Indonesia | Peter Brown | |
| Manot 1 | 55 | Homo sapiens | 2008 | Israel | | |
| La Quina 18 | 52.5±7.5 | Homo neanderthalensis | | France | | |
| Tam Pa Ling Cave | 54.5±8.5 | Homo sapiens | 2009 | Laos | | |