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Word: palaeojavanicus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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Then he found a still larger jaw, the biggest ever discovered, which was unmistakably human. It was apparently the most primitive truly human fossil ever discovered. Koenigswald named it Meganthropus palaeojavanicus (Big Man of Ancient Java). Meganthropus seemed to have been about the size of a big male gorilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Giants in Those Days | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

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