Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be.

DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward ...

A 1894 discovery on Java's Solo River, initially dubbed Java Man, has reshaped our understanding of early human origins.

In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, a young man lay in bed as the world around him erupted into chaos and death. It was AD 79, and the volcano had unleashed its fury, burying the Roman towns of Pompeii ...

In the late nineteenth century, the search for humanity’s ancient ancestors was still driven more by speculation than by fossil evidence. That changed dramatically when Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois ...

Buried beneath terraced volcanic rock in the highlands of West Java, Indonesia, lies a hill that briefly shook the archaeological world. Known as Gunung Padang, or "Mountain of Light," the site has ...

Indonesia’s largest Hindu temple rising above ancient Java Posted: 13 June 2026 | Last updated: 13 June 2026 This aerial view captures Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, one of the largest and ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Archaeologists from the Central Java Cultural Heritage Preservation Office estimate that the stupa found in Nepen Village, Boyolali, originates from the classical Buddhist period ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An object suspected to be a part of the structure of a Buddhist temple has been found again in Nepen Village, Teras Subdistrict, Boyolali Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how and ...