Trinil

Palaeoanthropological site in Java, Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trinil is a palaeoanthropological site on the banks of the Bengawan Solo in Kedunggalar District, Ngawi, Indonesia. It was at this site in 1891 that the Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois discovered the first early hominin remains to be found outside of Europe: the famous "Java Man" (Homo erectus erectus) specimen.[2][3][4]

Trinil is located in Indonesia
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Trinil (Indonesia)
Pseudodon shell DUB1006-fL with the earliest known geometric engravings, supposedly, made by Homo erectus; ca. 500,000 BP; from Trinil (Java); Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Netherlands).[1]
The Homo erectus "Java Man" in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands.

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