| Petralona | |
| Name Local: | Πετράλωνα |
| Type: | community |
| Population: | 316 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Elevation: | 270 |
| Coordinates: | 40.3695°N 23.1591°W[1] |
| Licence: | ΧΚ |
| Caption Skyline: | Petralona cave entrance |
Petralona (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πετράλωνα) is a small locality in Chalkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. It is 6 km N-W of Triglia and 35 km S-E of Thessaloniki. Its altitude is .[2]
It is famous for the eponymous cave at about 1 km from the village, the Petralona cave in which was discovered one of the earliest European humanoids.
The Petralona cave, at the foot of Mount Katsika, was discovered in 1959 by a local looking for a spring. In it was found in 1960 the Petralona skull, extremely well preserved, dated to more than years. It was named Archanthropus europaeus petraloniensis (Poulianos, 1976).[3] This is considered as one of the oldest European Homo erectus specimen found so far.