The two most ancient fossil humans known are Sinanthropus pekinensis, the old man of China, and Pithecanthropus erectus, the ape man of Java. Their ages have been variously put at 400,000 to ...

‘Hobbit’ bone from tiny species of ancient humans found on Indonesian island Scientists believe it adds weight to the theory that the ‘hobbits’ descended from Homo erectus, or Java man Expand ...

Think of Java, and chances are that the megacity of Jakarta – the capital of Indonesia – will spring to mind. But for those interested in the island's traditional culture, a smaller city ...

Homo erectus was first discovered in Java (and was known as “Java Man” until the species was officially renamed), but sossilized remains had never before been found on the seafloor between ...

Homo erectus was first discovered in Java (and was known as “Java Man” until the species was officially renamed), but sossilized remains had never before been found on the seafloor between ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has asked former colonial ruler the Netherlands to return eight historical artefacts from its museums, including bones of the Java Man, the first known fossils of ...

THE “world’s oldest” pyramid in the Java jungle may be a whopping 25,000 years old – but archaeologists have eerily claimed it isn’t man-made. Despite the world record… ...

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) The Indonesian government and a Japanese academic group have recently reconstructed an ancient ship to raise money for an archaeological study on historic ruins in and ...

Ancient sultanates meet artisanal coffee in West Java, a two-hour flight from Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.