Java Man - Wikipedia
Java Man (Homo erectus erectus, formerly also Anthropopithecus erectus or Pithecanthropus erectus) is an early human fossil discovered in 1891 and 1892 on the island of Java (Indonesia). Estimated to be between 700,000 and 1,490,000 years old, it was, at the time of its discovery, the oldest hominid fossil ever found, and it remains the type ...
Java man | Characteristics & Facts | Britannica
Java man, extinct hominin (member of the human lineage) known from fossil remains found on the island of Java, Indonesia. A skullcap and femur (thighbone) discovered by the Dutch anatomist and geologist Eugène Dubois in the early 1890s were the first known fossils of the species Homo erectus.
The Java Man, his Life and Surroundings - Google Arts & Culture
The Java Man, his Life and Surroundings. By Indonesian Heritage Agency, Sangiran Early Man Museum. Sangiran Early Man Site is situated about 15 kilometers north of Solo, Central Java, Indonesia,...
Java Man - New World Encyclopedia
Java Man was one of the first specimens of Homo erectus to be discovered, having been located first in 1891, in Java (Indonesia). It was originally given the scientific name Pithecanthropus erectus ("ape-man who walked upright") by its discoverer Eugène Dubois .
Eugène Dubois | Paleoanthropology, Java Man, Evolution
Eugène Dubois was a Dutch anatomist and geologist who discovered the remains of Java man, the first known fossil of Homo erectus. Appointed lecturer in anatomy at the University of Amsterdam (1886), Dubois investigated the comparative anatomy of the larynx in vertebrates but became increasingly.
Java Man not so old after all - Cosmos
2020年1月9日 · An Indonesian-Japanese team of scientists has overturned a decades-old estimate of Homo erectus remains from Central Java in Indonesia, shaving off several hundred thousand years from the age of...
Eugene Dubois and the Discovery of the Java Man | SciHi Blog
2022年1月28日 · Dubois earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or Java Man. Although hominid fossils had been found and studied before, Dubois was the first anthropologist to embark upon a purposeful search for them.
Java Man: How Two Geologists Changed Our Understanding of …
So begins Java Man, the inside story of how one discovery—a human skull found on the island of Java—by two geologists shook the foundations of science. By uncovering new evidence about the hominid known as Java man, Carl C. Swisher and Garniss H. Curtis were able to date his fossil remains at 1.7 million years, an age that stunned the ...
Java Man (Subspecies Homo erectus erectus) - iNaturalist
Java Man (Homo erectus erectus; Javanese: Manungsa Jawa; Indonesian: Manusia Jawa) is early human fossils discovered on the island of Java (Indonesia) in 1891 and 1892. Led by Eugène Dubois, the excavation team uncovered a tooth, a skullcap, and a thighbone at Trinil on the banks of the Solo River in East Java. Arguing that the fossils ...
Java Man - SpringerLink
2018年7月17日 · “Java Man” refers to representatives of Homo erectus that inhabited Java, Indonesia, during the Pleistocene. In the early 1890s, the Trinil site produced the holotype fossils of Homo erectus (the specimens that constitute the prime reference material used in defining Homo erectus taxonomically).
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