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Who found homo erecus?

Eugene Dubois (Dutch) found what we now call a homo erectus in East Java in the 18 90's.Several unnamed Chinese archeologists found remains that were described by Davidson Black (Canada) and Franz Weidenreich (Germany)


Where was homo erectus first found?

The earliest hominid fossil was found in 1974. it's species lived for about seven million years ago and it was called Lucy


How did Java Man live?

Java man is the name given to some of the first Homo erectus fossils to be discovered.They were recovered in 1891 by Eugène Dubois who initially gave Java man the species name Pithecanthropus erectus. His identification of the species as a human ancestor was widely dismissed at the time until further Homo erectus fosssils were found.


How far did homo erectus spread?

Homo erectus is believed to have spread from Africa to parts of Europe and Asia, with fossil remains found in regions such as Java, China, and Georgia. Their spread is seen as an early example of human migration out of Africa.


What is homo erectus javanensis?

Homo erectus javanensis (L. homin=man or human being, erectus=to set upright, and javenensis=the name of the island where the [single type specimen] of Homo erectus was found) Name combination…derived from poorly constructed name Homo javanensis primi genius; the correct combination should have been Homo erectus erectus. (Wood ,324)Wood, B. Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution: "HOMO ERECTUS JAVANENSIS" . pp. 324. (Blackwell, 2011).

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Who found homo erecus?

Eugene Dubois (Dutch) found what we now call a homo erectus in East Java in the 18 90's.Several unnamed Chinese archeologists found remains that were described by Davidson Black (Canada) and Franz Weidenreich (Germany)


Where was homo erectus first found?

The earliest hominid fossil was found in 1974. it's species lived for about seven million years ago and it was called Lucy


How did Java Man live?

Java man is the name given to some of the first Homo erectus fossils to be discovered.They were recovered in 1891 by Eugène Dubois who initially gave Java man the species name Pithecanthropus erectus. His identification of the species as a human ancestor was widely dismissed at the time until further Homo erectus fosssils were found.


Where homo erectus was found?

trinti java


Original name for java?

I like to think it's because of the connection to "Java man" (Pithecanthropus erectus): it's primitive and an evolutionary dead end. However, the official story is that the programmers drank a lot of coffee while creating it.


Where did homo erectus used to live?

Africa then lived from Africa to china even to Java


How did Homo erectus get their name?

"Homo erectus" means "upright man" in Latin, a name that reflects the species' distinctive upright posture and bipedal locomotion. The name was first proposed by paleoanthropologist Eugène Dubois in 1892 based on fossil remains he discovered in Java.


What was it about homo erectus that allowed him to leave Africa and migrate to Europe and Java and China?

technology and brain size


What was the nickname for the homo erectus?

they had many nicknames including upright man, peking man, and java man.


Who discovered java and when?

java was discovered by James gosling and Co. in 1991 at sun micro systems..they renamed oak to java..initially java used in programming for set top boxes (for movie on demand..)


Who discovered Indonesia?

The Java man discovered Indonesia


What year was the island of Java discovered?

not a clue.