The struggle, delusion and arrogance of the character who found Java Man.

Wadjak man is represented by two skulls discovered in the terraces of a dried-up fresh-water lake near the southern coast of Java, one in 1889 and the second by Prof. Dubois himself in the ...

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 ...

An Indonesian claim against a Dutch museum has pushed the debate about restitution into the realm of the natural history museum — where it hasn’t been much of an issue until now.

The original excavations revealed that Homo erectus on Java lived in a lush valley alongside a range of large animals, including antelope and elephants.