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Accession Number AFC971.2.19 Scientific Name Homo erectus Category cranium Subcategory calvarium Portion occipital fragment Alternate Taxon Pithecanthropus robustus-TYPE; Pithecanthropus modjokertensis; Homo palaeojavanicus modjokertensis Fossil Owner NMFIS Fossil Collector von Koenigswald, G.H.R. Date Collected 1938 Place Collected Asia: Indonesia, Java, Central Java Site Sangiran Age adult Description Plastic cast of a cranium, calvarium occipital fragment Materials plastic Geologic Age Pleistocene Sex male Stratigraphy Putjangan Fm, Djetis Beds