Eugene Dubois and the Sangiran Site: Unearthing Southeast Asia’s Role in Human Evolution
via Solopos, 11 October 2023: The Sangiran site in Indonesia has been pivotal in reshaping our understanding of human evolution. ...
Tag: Homo erectus
Early species of man (homo), first described as Java Man, that walked the earth from around 2 million to 100,000 years ago.
Solo Man: The Ancient Human Who Almost Got Lost in History
via Discover, 06 October 2023: Homo soloensis, commonly known as Solo Man, was discovered in 1931 along the Solo River ...
[Paper] Revised age and stratigraphy of the classic Homo erectus-bearing succession at Trinil (Java, Indonesia)
via Quaternary Science Reviews, 01 February 2023: Paper by Hilgen et al. identifies two distinct fills at the Trinil site, ...
Dispute Over ‘Java Man’ Raises a Question: Who Owns Prehistory?
via New York Times, 09 November 2022: Indonesia is seeking the repatriation of the Java Man remains, and other artefacts ...
Javanese Homo erectus on the move in SE Asia circa 1.8 Ma
via Scientific Reports, 08 November 2022: New paper by Husson et al.
Indonesia Calls For Return Of ‘Java Man,’ and Countless Art and Natural Historical Objects, From Netherlands
via Art News, 20 October 2022: Among the cultural objects Indonesia wants repatriated are the Lombok treasure, taken at the ...
[Paper] The eastern Kendeng Hills (Java, Indonesia) and the hominin-bearing beds of Mojokerto, a re-interpretation
via Quaternary Science Reviews, 1 November 2022: Re-analysis of the straigraphy of the Kendeng Hills suggest that the Mojokerto Homo ...
[Paper] Hominin homelands of East Java: Revised stratigraphy and landscape reconstructions for Plio-Pleistocene Trinil
via Quaternary Science Reviews, 15 May 2021: A landscape reconstruction of Pleistocene Trinil, providing a new environmental context to Homo ...
[Paper] Static allometry of a small-bodied omnivore: body size and limb scaling of an island fox and inferences for Homo floresiensis
via Journal of Human Evolution, December 2020: Comparing the limbs of an island fox with its mainland counterparts, this paper ...
[Paper] Environmental drivers of megafauna and hominin extinction in Southeast Asia
via Nature, 07 October 2020: A study of ancient environments by Louys and Roberts showw how the expansion and contraction ...
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