Unlike Africa, evidence of hominin [immediate ancestor of Homo sapiens] fossil is rare in India.  

• There is a report of a fossil fragment discovered by Robert Bruce Foote from Athirampakkam.  
• Its whereabouts are not known now. The only well-known hominin fossil of India was found at Hathnora near Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh.  
• The cranium is named Narmada human. A partly preserved hominid skull cap was found in a basal conglomerate deposit in 1982.  
• It is considered to represent the Archaic Homo sapiens. It is the only existing fossil find of human ancestors in India. 

Source: Tamil Nadu state board