When it comes to the study of human evolution, the discovery of Java Man occupies a very special place. The fossil remains were discovered in the 1890s along the Solo River in the present-day East ...

The Netherlands returned a set of prehistoric bones known as “Java Man” – from a species long considered a “missing link” between humans and other apes – to Indonesia earlier this month, the first in ...

The Netherlands pledged on Friday to return to Indonesia the remains of "Java Man", the first-ever "Homo Erectus" unearthed by modern scientists in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Barron ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Indonesia, Marc Gerritsen, hands over a molar, a femur, and a skullcap of Homo erectus to Indonesian Minister of Culture Fadli ...

Decades after the ground-breaking find that changed humankind’s understanding of evolution, Homo erectus, popularly known as Java Man, has finally flown home to Indonesia, where it first emerged. The ...

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Marvel’s newest superhero wants to be Daniel Day-Lewis, not Captain America. And in “Wonder Man” (streaming on Disney+ starting Jan. 27), the main character is so grounded that his costume consists of ...

JAKARTA: The Bengkalis District Court in Riau has sentenced an East Java man to death after finding him guilty of attempting to smuggle nearly 40 kilogrammes of methamphetamine from Malaysia. During a ...

Texas A&M football is making its College Football Playoff debut against No. 10 Miami at home on Saturday, Dec. 20, after the Aggies completed one of their best regular seasons in program history. The ...

Hermosa Beach celebrated its centennial in September 2007 with numerous events — including installing the city’s first mural. The “Centennial Mural” boasts about 100 images from Hermosa Beach’s ...

International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients. By Brian M. Rosenthal and Mark Hansen ...