Significance of Man

Man Site Index
Introduction | Discover Process | Localities | Signifinance

As another representative of ape man, Man came on stage under such historical background. However, the fate of findings concerning Man appeared as irrefutable proof. Homo erectus is different from the ape in physical characters and cranial capacity. He was able to engage in creative behaviour, develop culture, control fire, and hunt big animals. The discovery of Man enabled one to solve the long-lasting polemics that had continued since the discovery of Java man in the 19th century and proved that Homo erectus evolved from the ape. It has established the erect man stage which occupies the intermediate stage in human evolution. The discovery brought a sudden progress in the theory of human origin and evolution. Man stands as an everlasting monument in the history of paleoanthropological research.

Until today, Man holds as ever a realistic and scientific value. The Man Site is representing the most comprehensively and systematically studied site of Homo erectus. The Man Site also provides the more precise scientific data for the study of the evolution, behaviour, and paleoenvironment of Homo erectus than contemporary African and European sites.

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