Author: SWISHER III, CARL C. - GARNISS H. CURTIS, ROGER LEWIN,
Title: Java Man. How Two Geologists' dramatic Discoveries changed our Understanding of the Evolutionary Path to modern Humans. First edition.
Description: New York-London-Toronto-Sydney-Singapore, Scribner, 2000. Original clothbacked boards, title on spine, dustjacket. 256pp. Captioned coloured illustrations on 4 plates, black/white illustrations, incl. some portraits, in text, some site sketch maps, some tables, figures and diagrams in text, notes to text, index, table of contents. Contribution to the discovery of Java Man, Pithecantropus Erectus [Javanicus], originally excavated by Eurène Dubois, a dutch lage 19th-early 20th. century scholar and anthropologist, at Trinil, Java, the Dutch East Indies, which includes information on evolution of man, development of humans, humanoids, scientific controversies, clash of culture, etc. Very fine copy, WITH dustjacket.

Keywords: paleoanthropology evolution javaman java trinil modjokerto science trinil excavation humans humanoids pithecanthropus erectus javanicus culture anthropology indonesia southeast asia