A skull cap fossil and a molar fossil of Java Man (Homo erectus) repatriated from the Netherlands in early December, are on public display at the National Museum of Indonesia. Photo: AFP The ...
The Netherlands will give back the "Java Man" fossils that were taken "against the will of the people" from colonial Indonesia. The fossils were the first to show links between apes and humans. The ...
Original fossils of Pithecanthropus erectus (now Homo erectus) found in Java in 1891 — PETER MAAS/EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG JAKARTA — Indonesia has asked former colonial ruler the Netherlands to return eight ...