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DR. R. VON KOENIGSWALD in No. 5147, vol. 191, of the Illustrated London News (December 11, 1937) gave an account of the discovery of another Pithecanthropus skull in Java and a lower jaw fragment which he also attributes to Pithecanthropus. As emphasized in the introductory note by Sir Arthur Keith, these discoveries are of the utmost importance to our knowledge of the history of early man. All students interested in palaeoanthropology will, I am certain, appreciate Dr. von Koenigswald's enthusiasm and eagerness in the search for traces of the Java hominids, an undertaking which has now met with remarkable success.
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WEIDENREICH, F. Pithecanthropus and Sinanthropus. Nature 141, 378–379 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141378a0
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