Dmanisi Mandible
1.81 Ma
September 1991
Antje Justus
Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia
Adult
Undetermined
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700 Ka - 1 Ma
Aug 1892
Unknown but attributed to Eugene Dubois
Trinil, Java
Adult
Undetermined
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Peking Man
800 Ka - 400 Ka
1921-1966
O. Zdansky 1921; B. Bohlin 1928-1929; W. Pei 1930-1937; Institute of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing 1959 and 1966
Zhoukoudian, China
1030 cc
Adult
Male
Forty Homo erectus individuals were found within a cave, known as Locality 1, at Zhoukoudian (nee Dragon Bone Hill), about 42 km southwest of Beijing, China. Excavations began at Locality 1 in the early 1920s, with the first skullcap found in 1929. With China on the brink of war in December 1941, the fossils were sent to the United States for safekeeping. Unfortunately, all the original fossils, except for 2 teeth, disappeared during shipment. Luckily, extraordinary casts and descriptions of the fossils made prior to shipment survived, and are still used today to study the expansive H. erectus remains from Locality 1.
800 Ka
13 Sep 1969
Mr. Towikromo
Sangiran, Java, Indonesia
1029 cc
Adult
Male
Sartono S. 1972. Discovery of Another Hominid Skull at Sangiran, Central Java. Current Anthropology 13(1):124-126
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Java Man
1 Ma - 700 Ka
Oct 1891
Eugene Dubois
Solo river, near Ngawi, Java, Indonesia
Adult
Undetermined
Before Trinil 2 was discovered, most scientists believed hominins originated in Europe. But in 1891, the partial cranium of Trinil 2 was discovered near the Solo River (near Ngawi, java, Indonesia), and predated any known European fossil at about 1 Ma to 700 Ka. Dubbed "Java Man", Trinil 2 was originally assigned the taxonomic name of Pithecanthropus erectus by Eugene Dubois who was searching for "the missing link" between apes and humans. The specimen was later reassigned to Homo erectus, and designated as the holotype for this species1.
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