Eugène Dubois

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1891–1894

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Eugène Dubois, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Eugène Dubois finds Java Man at Trinil

   1891–1894

   Role: Dutch anatomist and discoverer

   1. 1September 1891 · Banks of the Solo RiverDiscovery of Tooth and Skullcap

      Dubois found a third premolar tooth and a skullcap at Trinil in September 1891, marking the first hominin finds outside Europe.

   2. 2August 1892 · Solo River vicinityDiscovery of Femur

      In August 1892, Dubois's team found a long femur shaped like a human one, suggesting upright posture.

   3. 31894 · Publication contextRenaming to Pithecanthropus erectus

      Dubois renamed the specimen Pithecanthropus erectus in 1894, arguing it was a transitional form between apes and humans.

Sources

1. Trinil Wikipedia, revision of 2025-11-20
2. Eugène Dubois Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05