'Java Man,’ the first Homo erectus discovered, is finally going home Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils.

Journalist-in-residence alumna @rochmyaningsih.bsky.social quotes Dwirahmi Suryandari in National Geographic on the #Repatriation of #JavaMan, the first #HomoErectus discovered, to Indonesia.

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Netherlands Returns Historic "Java Man" Fossils to Indonesia - The Stewardship Report Netherlands pledges to return 28,000 Java Man fossils to Indonesia, including historic Homo erectus specimens taken during colonial era without consent.

Breaking: Netherlands announces return of Java Man fossils to Indonesia.

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The Netherlands 🇳🇱 will return “Java Man” and over 28,000 other artifacts to Indonesia 🇮🇩 where they were taken from.

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