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

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The first large excavation of ancient human remains in Indonesia, in the 1890s, were done with great care – according to an analysis of unpublished documents from the dig. The original excavations ...