Java Man. Reconstruction of the head of Java Man made by the Dutch anatomist Eugene Dubois (1858- 1940). Java Man was named Pithecanthropus erectus,meaning erect ape-man,and later renamed Homo erectus. He was based on hominid fossil remains,including a skull cap and complete femur (thighbone),found in 1898 during excavations lead by Eugene Dubois. They were found in sedimentary deposits at a bend of the Solo river in Central Java,Indonesia. Homo erectus is the most widespread and longest-surviving of all the fossil hominids. Its geographical spread included north & east Africa,Europe,Indonesia and China. It lived from 1.6 million to 300,000 year ago | |
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