We also follow Java Man to the Netherlands, where it became a contested specimen and part of a discussion about repatriation. This article argues that the fossils of Java Man and their meanings are ...

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 ...

OUTSIDE Java, which has yielded many important finds of fossil remains from the Pithecanthropus group of mankind and an abundance of fossil vertebrates, as well as two distinct palæolithic ...

An ancient relative of humans has been dubbed 'Nutcracker Man' because of his powerful ... resemblances to even earlier H. erectus fossils from Africa, Java and Dmanisi (in Georgia), and to ...

"Although the fossil was generally accepted as the earliest known specimen of sapient man, as opposed to the apeman of China and Java, many research workers reserved their opinions about the ...

The first example of Homo erectus, known as "Java Man," was discovered in Indonesia in 1893. Fossil remains of Homo erectus have since been found throughout Africa and Asia, making it the first ...

The fossil hominin collection contains about 400 original fossils, including the following internationally recognised examples: Anterior, lateral and three-quarter views of a partially reconstructed ...

Usually stored separately at the Geological Museum in Bandung and the Sangiran Early Man Museum ... island of Java, according to JPNN. Other finds, such as the ancient fauna fossils of Mastodon ...