1996年,桑义兰早期人类遗址(Sangiran Early Man Site)被列入世界文化遗产名录。
世界遗产委员会评价:
该遗址自1936年至1941年进行挖掘,发现了早期原始人类化石。后来,这里先后发现了50种化石,包括远古巨人、猿人直立人/直立人,占世界已知原始人类化石的一半。过去150万年前的人类聚居地这一事实,使桑吉兰成为理解和研究人类进化论最重要的地区之一。
Excavations here from 1936 to 1941 led to the discovery of the first hominid fossil at this site. Later, 50 fossils of Meganthropus palaeo and Pithecanthropus erectus/Homo erectus were found – half of all the world\'s known hominid fossils. Inhabited for the past one and a half million years, Sangiran is one of the key sites for the understanding of human evolution.