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Dubois, Eugène

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Eugène Dubois (full name: Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois), born January 28, 1858, Eijsden, Netherlands, died December 16, 1940, estate “De Bedelaer,” Netherlands. Dutch anatomist and geologist, discoverer of the first-known fossils of Homo erectus (“Java Man”) on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (Fig. 1).

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Dubois at about 40 years old (From: Albers & De Vos 2010)

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References

  • Albers, P.C. & J. De Vos. 2010. Through Eugène Dubois’ eyes: stills of a turbulent life. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers.

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Further Reading

  • De Vos, J. & P.Y. Sondaar. 1982. The importance of the Dubois Collection reconsidered. Modern Quaternary Research in SE Asia 7: 35-63.

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  • Dubois, M.E.F.T. 1894. Pithecanthropus erectus, eine menschenaehnliche Uebergangsform aus Java. Batavia: Landesdruckerei.

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  • - 1908. Das geologische Alter der Kendeng- oder Trinil-Fauna. Tijdschrift Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap 2 (25): 1235-70.

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  • Shipman, P. 2001. The man who found the missing link. Eugène Dubois and his lifelong quest to prove Darwin right. New York: Simon & Schuster.

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  • Theunissen, B. 1989. Eugene Dubois and the ape-man from Java: the history of the “missing link” and its discoverer. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

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  1. Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Gerrit Dirk van den Bergh

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    Claire Smith

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van den Bergh, G.D. (2014). Dubois, Eugène. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_726

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