Java Man, the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus, has returned to Indonesia after over a century in the Netherlands. This ...

The parts of the skeleton – a skull cap, molar and thigh bone – were the first known specimens of Homo erectus ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Culture is one of the new ministries established in the administration of President Prabowo Subianto. The ...

Genetic evidence suggests the last shared ancestor of present-day humans, as well as ancient Neanderthals and Denisovans, ...

The fossil, attributed to Homo juluensis, is notable for its unusually large cranial capacity. It was first unearthed in Hebei Province during the 1970s, but its significance was long debated.

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago unearthed in a Moroccan cave are providing a deeper understanding of ...

Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection of fossil sea ...

Tardigrades are survivors. For more than 500 million years, the microscopic “water bears” have spread all over the planet and endured some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer. Now a new ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The hell ant existed over 100 million years ago, ...

Scientists believed that Neanderthals’ large noses were built to warm cold air, an essential adaptation to the icy landscapes they inhabited. But a new analysis of anearly perfectly preserved ...