On December 21, the National Museum of Indonesia opened its landmark exhibition titled "The Oldest Civilization on Earth: 130 Years After Pithecanthropus Erectus," featuring a collection of Homo ...

The return of the Dubois Collection from the Netherlands places Indonesia at the heart of human evolution studies, opening ...

Indonesians flock to see 'Java Man', one of the world's most significant archeological finds returns from the Netherlands.

View post: Black Midi Co-Founder Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin Dead at 26 Archaeologists have recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor in Southeast Asia ...

A groundbreaking discovery on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveals that early hominins crossed treacherous seas over a million years ago, leaving behind stone tools that reshape our understanding ...

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A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans live ...

JAKARTA – A skullcap, molar and femur believed to be remains of Homo erectus, or “Java Man,” unearthed by Dutch geologist ...