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Trinil is a palaeoanthropological
Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology, which combines the disciplines of paleontology and physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in fossil Hominidae evidence such as Petrifaction bones and footprints....
 site on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River
Bengawan Solo River

The Bengawan Solo River is the longest river on the Indonesian island of Java , approximately 540 km in length. Apart from its importance as watercourse to the inhabitants and farmlands of the eastern and northern parts of the island, it is a renowned region in paleoanthropology circles....
 in Ngawi Regency
Ngawi Regency

Ngawi is a Regency of East Java, Indonesia.Ngawi is wellknown around the world for it's Pithecantropus Erectus that found by Eugene Dubois, an Deutch....
, East Java
East Java

East Java is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura Island and Bawean islands....
 Province
Provinces of Indonesia

||-||-||}The province is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government, headed by a governor, and has its own legislative body....
, Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. It was at this site in 1891 that the Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 anatomist Eugène Dubois
Eugène Dubois

Marie Eug?ne Fran?ois Thomas Dubois was a Netherlands anatomist. He earned world-wide fame for his discovery of Homo erectus, or 'Java Man'....
 discovered the first early hominid
Hominidae

The Hominidae form a taxonomic biological family, including four extant genus: Homo s, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.A number of known extinct genera are grouped with humans in the Hominina subtribe, others with orangutans in the Ponginae subtribe....
 remains to be found outside of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
: the famous "Java Man
Java Man

Java Man is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at Trinil on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River in East Java, Indonesia, one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus....
" specimen.








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Trinil is a palaeoanthropological
Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology, which combines the disciplines of paleontology and physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in fossil Hominidae evidence such as Petrifaction bones and footprints....
 site on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River
Bengawan Solo River

The Bengawan Solo River is the longest river on the Indonesian island of Java , approximately 540 km in length. Apart from its importance as watercourse to the inhabitants and farmlands of the eastern and northern parts of the island, it is a renowned region in paleoanthropology circles....
 in Ngawi Regency
Ngawi Regency

Ngawi is a Regency of East Java, Indonesia.Ngawi is wellknown around the world for it's Pithecantropus Erectus that found by Eugene Dubois, an Deutch....
, East Java
East Java

East Java is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura Island and Bawean islands....
 Province
Provinces of Indonesia

||-||-||}The province is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government, headed by a governor, and has its own legislative body....
, Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. It was at this site in 1891 that the Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 anatomist Eugène Dubois
Eugène Dubois

Marie Eug?ne Fran?ois Thomas Dubois was a Netherlands anatomist. He earned world-wide fame for his discovery of Homo erectus, or 'Java Man'....
 discovered the first early hominid
Hominidae

The Hominidae form a taxonomic biological family, including four extant genus: Homo s, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.A number of known extinct genera are grouped with humans in the Hominina subtribe, others with orangutans in the Ponginae subtribe....
 remains to be found outside of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
: the famous "Java Man
Java Man

Java Man is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at Trinil on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River in East Java, Indonesia, one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus....
" specimen.