On December 21, the National Museum of Indonesia opened its landmark exhibition titled "The Oldest Civilization on Earth: 130 Years After Pithecanthropus Erectus," featuring a collection of Homo ...

Our early human ancestors might have been more adaptable than previously thought: New research suggests Homo erectus was able ... distant locales like China and Indonesia. In all, the species ...

Homo erectus, remains of which have been found in Java, Indonesia, and mainland China, tended to have much narrower jawbones and smaller teeth. Researchers say that this suggests the robust-jawed ...

The first example of Homo erectus, known as "Java Man," was discovered in Indonesia in 1893. Fossil remains of Homo erectus have since been found throughout Africa and Asia, making it the first ...

Both agree that Homo erectus originated in Africa and expanded to Eurasia about one million years ago, but they differ in explaining the origin of modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens). The first ...

The Cradle of Humankind northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa has yielded its first Homo erectus fossil, and the oldest found anywhere. Homo erectus experienced a changing climate, and moved out ...