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Modjokerto  

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  • In 1936, Ralph von Koenigswald announced the discovery of a fossil cranium from a very young child outside the village of Perning, near the city of Surabaya, in East Java. Unlike most of the fossil hominids from Java, the cranium of Modjokerto reportedly was recovered in situ. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Modjokerto]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Modjokerto

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