Java Man (Homo erectus)
Hombre de Java (Homo erectus)
- Date
- 1891-1892 · confidence high
- Place
- Trinil, Solo River, Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia
- Credited to
- Eugène Dubois
- People
- 👤 Eugène Dubois1858–1940
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A skullcap and femur found by Dubois, which he interpreted as a link between apes and humans (Pithecanthropus erectus). It was the first Homo erectus fossil and the first hominin sought out deliberately.
Engraved shells from the same site (c. 500 ka) were reinterpreted in 2014 as the oldest known engraving.
What it led to
- recognition of Homo erectus
- the search for the origin of humans in Asia
- the finds at Sangiran