The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology


Java Man

Java Man [De].
Name given to early hominid remains found in AD 1891 by Eugène Dubois at Trinil in Java. Dating to between 1 million and 500 000 years ago the fossils are now known to be those of Homo erectus.

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