Eugène Dubois

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1. When was Eugène Dubois born?January 28, 1858
2. Where was Eugène Dubois born?Cuijk, Netherlands
3. What is Eugène Dubois known for?Discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (now Homo erectus) fossils
4. Who discovered Eugène Dubois?Trinil, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
5. What is the career?Paleoanthropologist and geologist

Paleoanthropology: The scientific study of the fossil evidence of the earliest humans and their ancestors.
Hominid: A member of the family Hominidae, which includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, and their extinct ancestors.
Bipedal Locomotion: The ability to walk on two legs, a key characteristic of human evolution.
Cranial Capacity: The volume of the inside of a skull, used as an indicator of brain size in fossil hominids.