ALBUQUERQUE — New age estimates for Homo erectus fossils on the Indonesian island of Java have physical anthropologists scratching their crania. After convincing most of their colleagues that H.

In the late nineteenth century, the search for humanity’s ancient ancestors was still driven more by speculation than by fossil evidence. That changed dramatically when Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois ...

A skull cap fossil and a molar fossil of Java Man (Homo erectus) repatriated from the Netherlands in early December, are on public display at the National Museum of Indonesia. Photo: AFP The ...

Bruno de Souza, 30, is considered the Java Man. Every year he makes a pilgrimage from Sao Paolo, Brazil, to the JavaOne conference, held this week in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO -- Among devoted Java ...

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 ...

While drinking a cup of Joe or grabbing a breakfast burrito or a fresh-baked pastry at Java Man on Pier Avenue, one can get a sense of history. The coffee shop resides in a beach house that was built ...

November 16, 2007 Next time you go out for gourmet coffee with your pampered pooch, fido won’t need to sit miserably under the table lapping at a tasteless bowl of water. Doggy Java is caffeine free, ...

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 pledged on Sept. 26 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 ...