Dec 3, 2014 · On the banks of the Solo River in Java, Indonesia, 19th-century physician Eugene Dubois uncovered an astounding fossil find: the bones of what appeared to be an ancient …

His find is commonly referred to as Java Man. Dubois collected 11 species of freshwater shells at the site, called Trinil. Most of them belong to the sub-species Pseudodon vondembuschianus …

Dec 4, 2014 · A multinational group of scientists led by Prof Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University in the Netherlands has discovered the earliest known engraving on a fossilized shell from the …

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).

May 22, 2025 · Homo erectus was first discovered in Java (and was known as “Java Man ... They may have even used mussel shells as tools—the oldest known evidence of them being used …

Mar 9, 2015 · An etched zigzag pattern carved by Homo erectus adorns this roughly half-million- year-old mussel shell found on the Indonesian island of Java. Credit: both: Wim …

Dec 3, 2014 · The archaeology graduate student was studying mollusk shells gathered more than 100 years ago on the Indonesian island of Java, where an early human ancestor, Homo …

Dec 3, 2014 · Here we report on a fossil freshwater shell assemblage from the Hauptknochenschicht (‘main bone layer’) of Trinil (Java, Indonesia), the type locality of Homo …

Dec 3, 2014 · Homo erectus on Java was already using shells of freshwater mussels as tools half a million years ago, and as a 'canvas' for an engraving. The discovery of an engraved …

Dec 3, 2014 · Researchers in Java, Indonesia, discovered engravings on a shell that dates to between 540,000 and 430,000 years ago. The ancient artwork could be the oldest known …