Homo erectus (Trinil 2) (433rp1)

Description

***Homo erectus*** Location: Trinil Hill, Java, Indonesia. Age: 0.7-1.6 million years ago (?). Material: plaster cast. Dimensions: length, 180 mm; width, 135 mm; height, 82 mm. Notes: RLA catalog no. 433rp1 (cast). Skull cap discovered by Eugene Dubois in 1891. Also classified as *Pithecanthropus I* or Java Man. Cast made between 1930 and 1952 by Mr. F. O. Barlow of the R. F. Damon & Co., London. From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Aidan Paul.