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'Java Man' (Pithecanthropus erectus). Artist: Unknown

'Java Man' (Pithecanthropus erectus). Reconstruction based on a skull cap, thigh bone and two back teeth discovered in Pliocene fossil beds in Trinil, Central Java, by Dr Eugene Dubois in 1894. Dubois believed his discovery represented the 'missing link' in man's evolution from apes.

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Title: 'Java Man' (Pithecanthropus erectus). Artist: Unknown

Caption: 'Java Man' (Pithecanthropus erectus). Reconstruction based on a skull cap, thigh bone and two back teeth discovered in Pliocene fossil beds in Trinil, Central Java, by Dr Eugene Dubois in 1894. Dubois believed his discovery represented the 'missing link' in man's evolution from apes.

Personalities: CHARLES DARWIN

Credit: Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

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Image size: 2870 × 3645 px | 29.9 MB

Print size: 24.3 × 30.9 cm | 1129.9 × 1435.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 19TH CENTURY • ANCESTOR • ANTHROPOLOGY • BIOLOGY • CENTURY • CHARLES DARWIN • CHARLES ROBERT • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • DARWIN • DISCOVERY • DR EUGENE DUBOIS • DUBOIS • EUGENE DUBOIS • EUGENE • EVOLUTION • FLUSH • HUMAN • HUMANE • INDIVIDUAL • JAVA MAN • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PERSON • PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS • PLIOCENE • PREHISTORIC • SCIENCE • SCIENCE: EVOLUTION