These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and ...

Archaeologists have recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor in ...

Sand dredging off the coast of Java has recovered more than 6,000 bones, including two fragments of skulls of the early ...

Learn how Homo erectus journeyed to the Indonesian island of Java, leaving behind fossils that now provide insight on the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For years, archeologists assumed the ancient Homo erectus population ...

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how ...

Recent archaeological discoveries in Java provided new insights into the migrations and habitats of Homo erectus, challenging long-held assumptions about this ancient human species. The findings ...

Identified as the first-ever example discovered of a Homo erectus, a forerunner of anatomically modern humans, "Java Man" is the centrepiece of an important collection at the Naturalis museum in ...

Items include the bones of ‘Java Man’, the first known fossils of the Homo erectus species, excavated by Dutch paleoanthropologist Eugène Dubois in the 19th century. The fossilised skull of ...