Ngandong (Solo Man)
Terrace site on the Solo River, Java, where late Homo erectus fossils were found; the dating is heavily disputed and the youngest proposals imply remarkably late survival.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 141,000 years ago disputed
Argon-argon dating of the terrace bracketed the fossil bed between about 143,000 and 77,000 years ago source - about 114,050 years ago disputed
Uranium-series and ESR dating placed the bone bed at 108,000-117,000 years, among the youngest H. erectus dates ever proposed and strongly contested source
Where
7.3486° S, 111.4258° E
Sources
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