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Homo erectus arrived in Indonesia 300,000 years later than previously thought

Homo erectus skull

New sediment analyses are shedding light on when Homo erectus reached Java’s Sangiran site in Indonesia. This Sangiran H. erectus skull dates to around 820,000 years ago.

Hisao Baba/National Museum of Nature and Science

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Homo erectus reached the Indonesian island of Java some 300,000 years later than many researchers have assumed, a new study finds.