Large Pleistocene-aged warm period fauna from Sarstedt include Hippopotamus, Cervus elaphus, and Elephas antiquus.

[5] In 2001, three skull fragments were reported to have been discovered by amateur fossil collectors Otrud and Karl-Werner Frangenberg from the locality.

They were discovered on the surface of sand pits on the western end of the village; the first fossil was found on January 2, 1999, the second on November 8, 1997, and the final on October 30, 1999.

[5] Sarstedt I is determined to be a young girl between 2 and 4 years of age based on the inner anatomy and development of the auditory canal.

[5] While the Frangenberg brothers did retrieve the human fossils, their collection also includes stone tools discovered over three years.

They are made from grey flint, all with varying degrees of patination and gravel contusions, which suggests that the tools underwent differing taphonomic processes that makes it unclear if they represent one assemblage or a series of staggered "off-site" activities.