Java Man Java Man (Homo erectus erectus, formerly also Anthropopithecus erectus, Pithecanthropus erectus) is the name given to a fossil found in 1891 in Trinil, Ngawi Regency, on the banks of the Solo River in East Java, Indonesia, one of the first known Homo erectus specimens. It is also known as pithecanthropus, from the scientific … Continue reading Java Man | Prehistoric Pithecanthropus Erectus