Question

Who discovered java ape-man?
A. Leakey
B. Mayr
C. Davidson
D. Dubois

Answer 1

Java Man, Homo erectus erectus , is an early human fossil discovered in 1891 and 1892 on the island of Java. It was estimated to be between 700,000 & 1, 00,000 years old. It was, at the time of its discovery, the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Complete answer: Java man, a member of the human lineage known from fossils, was found on the island of Java, Indonesia. The fossils were essentially human though with some apelike features, such as a large, partly overlapping cranium.
A Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist, Eugene Dubois, discovered a skull cap and thigh bone in the early 1890s. He began his search at the potential sites near rivers and caves. He first excavated on the island of Sumatra and then in Indonesia on the island of Java, where he found the fossils. These were the first known fossils of the species Homo erectus.
Thus, the correct answer is an option ‘D’ – Dubois.

Additional information:
Java man was characterized by a cranial capacity averaging 900 cubic cm, a skull flat in profile with a little forehead, a crest along the top of the head for attachment of powerful jaw muscles, very thick skull bones, heavy brow ridges, and a massive jaw with no chin.

Note: Led by Eugene Dubois, the excavation team uncovered a tooth, a skull cap, and a thigh bone at Trinil on the banks of the Solo River in Java, arguing that the fossils represented the missing link between apes and humans, Dubois gave the species the scientific name Pithecanthropus erectus.