Buried Beneath Java’s Seabed, Scientists Just Found Something That's Flipping Human Evolution on Its Head

Buried Beneath Java’s Seabed, Scientists Just Found Something That's Flipping Human Evolution on Its Head

A groundbreaking fossil discovery beneath the waters off Java, Indonesia, is reshaping long-held ideas about early human evolution in Southeast Asia. Buried in sediment at the bottom of the Madura Strait, scientists recovered fossilized remains of Homo erectus, preserved within a submerged river valley that once connected Java to the Asian mainland. The find, the first of its kind from underwater Sundaland, includes two skull fragments identifie…