Sangiran: The Java Man

January 26, 2010

EVER since the Dutch anatomist Dubois (1858­-1940) found the skull of Java Man in Sangiran in the late 19th century, this area 18 kilometers north of Solo has been known in scientific circles for its extraordinary finds in the fields of paleontology, anthropology and geology. Officially listed as the 593rd World Heritage Site by UNESCO, all the early hominid finds in Sangiran laid the very first foundations for theories of the earliest human lif

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