Prehistoric Indonesia

species of archaic humans believed to be extinct in a pure form

extinct species of hominid

Homo erectus from Java

Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia. According to a UNESCO report (1995) "Sangiran is recognized by scientists to be one of the most important sites in the world for studying fossil man, ranking alongside Zhoukoudian (China), Willandra Lakes (Australia), Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), and Sterkfontein (South Africa), and more fruitful in finds than any of these."

thumb|400px|Sundaland during the [[Last Glacial Maximum]]

hominid fossil - extinct

Meganthropus is an extinct genus of pongine hominid ape, known from the Pleistocene of Indonesia. It is known from a series of large jaw and skull fragments found at the Sangiran site near Surakarta in Central Java, Indonesia, alongside several isolated teeth. The genus has a long and convoluted taxonomic history. The original fossils were ascribed to a new species, Meganthropus palaeojavanicus, and for a long time was considered invalid, with the genus name being used as an informal name for the fossils.

thumb|upright=1.3|Pseudodon shell DUB1006-fL with the earliest known geometric engravings, supposedly, made by [[Homo erectus; ca. 500,000 BP; from Trinil (Java); Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Netherlands).]] thumb|upright=1.45|The Homo erectus "[[Java Man" in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands.]]

regency in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Indonesian cave

volcanic supereruption 74,000 years ago in Indonesia

village in South Nias Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia

hominin fossil

archaeological culture

lagoon in Indonesia

prehistoric culture of Sulawesi, Indonesia