Anthropology And Archaeology

Indonesia 1989 Centenary of Paleoanthropology in Indonesia
The stamp set features Homo erectus and Homo sapiens skulls discovered in East Java.

Indonesia 2014 125 years of Paleoanthropology
The se-tenant pair depicts Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.

Sri Lanka 2005 Ancient Sri Lanka
Set of four, one stamp depicts Balangoda Culture at the Bellan-Bandi Palasa Mesolithic site with a fossilized human skull.

Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct hominid that lived between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago. The most famous fossil of A. afarensis is the skeleton named Lucy found by Donald Johanson in Hadar, Afar region, Ethiopia. The name Lucy is after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

Lucy and Ethiopia map, issued by Ethiopia on July 4, 1986:

Lucy Skeleton, issued by Ethiopia on August 20, 2013 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the city of Addis Ababa:

Recostruction of A. afarensis, issued by Cambodia on October 25, 2001:

Spain 1967 Cave Paintings
40c: Archer (Morella, Castellón, L)
50c: Hunting (Remigia, Castellón, L)
1Pta: Emblems (La Silla, Badajoz, N)
1.20Pta: Bison (Altamira, Santander, P)
1.50Pta: Hands (El Castillo, Santander, P)
2Pta: Warrior (Saltadora, Castellón, L)
2.50Pta: Deer (Covalanas, Santander, P)
3.50Pta: Archers (Cingle, Castellón, L)
4Pta: Hunting (Remigia, Castellón, L)
6Pta: Hunters and Deer Herd (Cingle, Castellón, L)
P: Paleolithic, 19000 – 11000 BC
L: Levantine style, 8000 – 3500 BC
N: Late Neolithic to Bronze, 3500 – ca.2000 BC

Spain 1975 EUROPA – Paintings
Man of Bicrop (Araña Cave, València, Mesolithic)
Horse (Tito Bustillo Cave, Asturias, Paleolithic)

Algeria 1981 Cave Paintings of Tassili n'Ajjer
Mouflon of Tan-Zoumaïtek, Cattle of Jabbaren, Cattle of Iherir, Unicorn Cattle of Jabbaren (Neolithic)

South West Africa 1954 Definitive Issue
Rock paintings in the Phillips Cave, Erongo Mountains (San dwellings, Neolithic)

South West Africa 1976 Prehistoric Rock Paintings
4c: Schwarzkuppe Farm near Maltahöhe
10c: Ameib Farm near Usakos
15c: Omandumba Farm in the Erongo Mountains
20c: Etemba Farm in the Erongo Mountains
Minisheet: Alettasrust Farm near Kamanjab

Cave paintings from Lascaux.
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of us all.
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France 2019 Lascaux Prehistoric Cave painting
Stamp and special souvenir sheet - Lascaux Cave wall paintings (ca. 17,000 years, early Magdalenian)

What an amazing topic to collect. Thank you all for sharing

- Lance

Groups of Homo erectus migrated from Africa through Europe to China. In 1929, Chinese scientists discovered the first Homo erectus skull at Zhoukoudian near Peking and called it Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis or Sinanthropus pekinensis).

Head statue of Peking Man exhibited in Zhoukoudian, issued by China on August 2, 1991:

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the discovery, China issued on October 19, 1989, a special postal stationary with printed stamp depicting the skull and reconstruction of Peking Man and commemorative postmark. The cachet depicting a group of the erectus:


Group of Peking Man (Sinanthropus pekinensis) on a stamp issued by Cuba on March 31, 1967: