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

The Netherlands yesterday pledged 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 Dutch ...

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 Dutch ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to ...

The Netherlands is returning over 28,000 fossils, including Java Man, to Indonesia following the Indonesian government's request. The move, advised by the Colonial Collections Committee and endorsed ...

Three Dutch naval wrecks that went missing from the bottom of the Java Sea appear to have been taken illegally by scrap dealers, NOS reports. An investigation by Dutch and Indonesian experts found ...

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The Netherlands pressed Indonesia on Thursday to probe reports that the remains of Dutch sailors from illegally-salvaged WWII shipwrecks off its coast were dumped in a mass grave. The request comes ...