Indonesia seeks return of ‘looted’ artefacts from Netherlands
Items include the bones of ‘Java Man’, the first known fossils of the Homo erectus species, excavated by Eugène Dubois.
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Indonesia asks Netherlands to send home bones of 'Java Man'
Indonesia has asked former colonial ruler the Netherlands to return eight historical artefacts from its museums, including bones of the Java Man, the first known fossils of the Homo erectus species from which humans are believed to have evolved.
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