The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

The parts of the skeleton – a skull cap, molar and thigh bone – were the first known specimens of Homo erectus ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to ...

JAKARTA : Indonesia has asked former colonial ruler the Netherlands to return eight historical artefacts from its museums, including bones of the Java Man, the first known fossils of the Homo erectus ...

A fossil skull of an ancient human (homo erectus) at the Indonesian exhibition, The Oldest Civilization on Earth 130 Years After Pithecanthropus Erectus, at the National Museum, Jakarta, December 20, ...

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ALBUQUERQUE — New age estimates for Homo erectus fossils on the Indonesian island of Java have physical anthropologists scratching their crania. After convincing most of their colleagues that H.

A request by the Indonesian government for the return of artifacts not only includes art but also a number of fossils, including the Java man skull, Trouw reported on Tuesday. The list was sent to ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia has asked former colonial ruler the Netherlands to return eight historical artefacts from its museums, including bones of the Java Man, the first known fossils of the ...