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On which hills earliest evidence of human in India has been found?

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On which hills earliest evidence of human in India has been found?

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  1. the himalayas.some fossils of nearly 50 milion years of fishes were also found


  2. South Asia is highly regarded for its rich source of H. sapiens fossils dating from the Upper Pleistocene to the Holocene and holds tremendous potential in delineating patterns of modern human evolution within this region (Kennedy, 2000). In India, some examples of these Upper Pleistocene/Holocene hominin fossils come from Baghai Khor, Bagor, Pachmarhi, Mahara-Pahar, Tilwara, Valasna, Sarai Nahar Rai, Mahadaha, Damdama, and Lekhahia; in Sri Lanka, they come from Fa Hien, Batadomba Lena, Beli Lena Kitulgala, Bellanbandi Palassa, Hambantota, Alu Galge, Ravan Alle and Beli Lena Athula (Kennedy, 2001).

    However, hominin fossils older than the Upper Pleistocene are not abundant and only a single specimen is known - from the sediments of the Narmada Valley in central India . In the early 1980s, a fossil hominid calvarium was recovered at Hathnora in a secondary basal gravel and is currently thought to be of Middle Pleistocene age (Sonakia and Biswas, 1998). It was originally classified as that of advanced Homo erectus (de Lumley and Sonakia, 1985), and later attributed an archaic or early form of H. sapiens (Kennedy and Chiment, 1991). Additional phylogenetic re-evaluation of the cranium reveals that it shares many key features with H . heidelbergensis (Cameron et al . 2004). The calvarium has been later supplemented by the discovery of possible clavicles and a rib fragment from the same deposit and general location (Sankhyan, 1997; 2005).

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