Homo erectus: Difference between revisions

Java Man was the common name for the first fossil evidence to be discovered of what is now called ''Homo erectus''. It was found in 1891 by [[Eugene Dubois]] who was a former student of [[Ernst Haeckel]]. Dubois named the find ''[[Pithecanthropus erectus]]'' (erect ape-man).<ref name=perloff83>Perloff, James. ''[[Tornado in a Junkyard|Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of Darwinism]]''. Burlington, MA: Refuge Books, 1999.</ref> Java Man is arguably the best-known human [[fossil]], and was the evidence that first convinced many people that humans evolved from age-like ancestors.<ref>Lubenow, p. 86.</ref> Since its discovery, there has been much controversy over both the identification and dating of the strata where the fossils were found, and whether the fossils belonged to the same species.