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- Java Man - Wikipedia
Java Man (Homo erectus erectus, formerly also Anthropopithecus erectus or Pithecanthropus erectus) is an early human fossil discovered in 1891 and 1892 on the island of Java (Indonesia)
- Pithecanthropus | former hominid genus | Britannica
Pithecanthropus, former genus name assigned to fossil hominids including Java man (q v ) and Peking man (q v ), both now classified as Homo erectus
- Homo erectus - The Smithsonians Human Origins Program
In 1894, Dubois named the species Pithecanthropus erectus, or ‘erect ape-man ’ At that time, Pithecanthropus (later changed to Homo) erectus was the most primitive and smallest-brained of all known early human species; no early human fossils had even been discovered in Africa yet
- What Was Pithecanthropus Erectus and Why Is It Important?
Pithecanthropus erectus is a significant discovery in paleoanthropology, advancing the understanding of human evolution This ancient hominin, known as “Java Man,” was initially considered a “missing link” between apes and humans
- Java Man - New World Encyclopedia
It was originally given the scientific name Pithecanthropus erectus ("ape-man who walked upright") by its discoverer Eugène Dubois Later, Java Man was redesignated as Homo erectus
- VII. More Fossil Remains: Java Man and Friends
Dubois called his find Pithecanthropus erectus, the upright ape-man To the popular press, it quickly became "Java man" We now recognize that Java man was the first recovered specimen of what we now call Homo erectus Pithecanthropus skull cap and Anthropopithecus skull Image source: Debois, Eugene
- Pithecanthropus | Prehistoric Wiki | Fandom
Pithecanthropus is an obsolete genus of "pithecanthropid" hominid that lived in Africa and Eurasia from the Early to Late Pleistocene The genus was associated with Homo erectus, (most notably Java Man) but the genus Pan was already in use at the time
- History of Information
Prior to Dubois human fossils such as Neanderthal 1 and Cro-Magnon had been discovered by accident; Dubois was the first scientist to set out to discover prehistoric human fossils, and for his controversial discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus he received great fame and notoriety
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