In this article, we sketch a political and decolonial biography of ‘Java Man’, the fossilized remains of a Homo erectus specimen, housed in Naturalis, the Natural History Museum, in the Netherlands.

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

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 ...

An ancient relative of humans has been dubbed 'Nutcracker Man' because of his ... spread through out Asia. Homo erectus, remains of which have been found in Java, Indonesia, and mainland China ...

New evidence reveals Homo erectus mastered survival in Tanzania’s ancient deserts, proving they were adaptable generalists long before modern humans emerged. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Image ...

Usually stored separately at the Geological Museum in Bandung and the Sangiran Early Man Museum ... place in Sumatra and Java, as reported by Tempo. The height of Homo erectus was 165–180 ...

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 ...