When it comes to the study of human evolution, the discovery of Java Man occupies a very special place. The fossil remains were discovered in the 1890s along the Solo River in the present-day East ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to get them back for decades. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam The ...

The Netherlands returned a set of prehistoric bones known as “Java Man” – from a species long considered a “missing link” between humans and other apes – to Indonesia earlier this month, the first in ...

The Netherlands pledged on Friday to return to Indonesia the remains of "Java Man", the first-ever "Homo Erectus" unearthed by modern scientists in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Barron ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Indonesia, Marc Gerritsen, hands over a molar, a femur, and a skullcap of Homo erectus to Indonesian Minister of Culture Fadli ...

Decades after the ground-breaking find that changed humankind’s understanding of evolution, Homo erectus, popularly known as Java Man, has finally flown home to Indonesia, where it first emerged. The ...

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The German actor will face off against David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult. By Aaron Couch Film Editor Brainiac is the classic Superman villain who debuted in 1958’s Action Comics No. 242. The issue, ...

Director and DC-boss James Gunn announced on social media Saturday that he has cast German actor Lars Eidinger as the villainous Brainiac in his Superman follow-up film Man of Tomorrow. “In our ...

JAKARTA: The Bengkalis District Court in Riau has sentenced an East Java man to death after finding him guilty of attempting to smuggle nearly 40 kilogrammes of methamphetamine from Malaysia. During a ...

While NFL awards such as MVP and Offensive or Defensive Player of the Year are based on on-field performance, the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award recognizes players for their contributions off the ...