Browse Ancient Sites in Trinil
Hundreds of years ago in Java, precisely along the Solo River, a great deal about ancient human history unfolds.From excavations made Eugene Dubois, a Dutch doctor found some fragments of stone. Start from the teeth, femur, skull of early humans and animals.Dubois effort is not exactly random. Her time, challenged the theory of Human Origins, presented Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882). In theory it is stated that this man came from ape evolution.Based on the theory of Human Origins, Dubois left the country windmills to Indonesia in 1887. In addition there are two reasons that made this reference. First, based on the book The Descent of Man, tells us that the ancestors of human beings should live in the tropics. Because early humans had lost feathers during development.The second reason, in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) many of the caves, so it is impossible not to be found the fossils of early humans or former life.Some of the theories and reasons that Eugene Dubois, determined to prove his research by digging in some areas. Especially those on the island of Java along the Solo River flow. However, previous research in hopeless rushes Dubois, Sumatra, in 1887.In 1891 Eugène Dubois, who was an anatomist discovered traces of early man's first outside Europe, namely the human specimens of Java. In 1893 Dubois found Pithecanthropus erectus fossil hominid and animal fossils and other ancient plants.According to the Indro Waluyo, chairman in charge of Trinil Museum, Ngawi, Dubois was digging along the estuary of the river, precisely in the Village Kawu, Ngancar Village, and Village Gemarang. "The three points that is the excavation of early humans," says this 52-year-old man.In addition, said Indro again, the existence of three villages on the outskirts of the river. So called the Sandpipers. Which it is said, are three villages in the Solo River estuary.
Museum
To study the fossils of early humans, of all the research and excavations Dubois. Thus, the replica was made of early human fossils are now stored in a museum. While the original fossils were taken and stored in the Netherlands.Indro Waluyo explain again, if all the fossils in the museum is a mere replica. Which is made of fiberglass material (atoms) with a standard size and shape to resemble the original.Until now the museum is known as Trinil Museum, located in Hamlet Pilang, Kawu Village, District Kedunggalar, Ngawi regency, East Java Province. Or about 13 kilometers west of downtown Ngawi.To reach this location can be reached by all types of vehicles. Too bad the arterial road that could be a major clue, no one benchmark that could lead us to the Museum.Museum which stands on an area of 3 hectares, Soelarso inaugurated Governor of East Java, on 20 November 1991. Now under the Archeological Preservation Hall kelolah (BP-3) Trowulan, Mojokerto. This site and built at the initiative of Teuku Jacob, an anthropologist from the University of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.