Wadjak man

Japanese: ワジャク人 - ワジャクじん(英語表記)Wadjak man
Wadjak man
Two human skulls were discovered in 1889 in sedimentary layers on the edge of the Wajak Basin in central Java. The following year, E. Dubois visited the site and examined them, publishing his findings in 1921. Both skulls are robust and large, with well-developed supraorbital ridges, a flat face, and a depressed nasal root. Skull No. 1 is female, 200 mm long, 145 mm wide, ear height 122 mm, and volume 1550 cm3 . Skull No. 2 is male, larger, thought to be 1650 cm3 , but details are uncertain due to poor preservation. Since animal bones discovered at the same time have hardly changed since the present, it is thought to belong to a new human species from the late Pleistocene or early Holocene. There is also a theory that, together with the Keillor skull found in Australia, it is a direct ancestor of the Australian Aborigines.

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Japanese:
ジャワ島中部ワジャク盆地辺縁の堆積層で,1889年に発見された2個の人頭骨。翌年 E.デュボアが同地を訪れて検討し,1921年その所見を発表した。頭骨はともに頑強で大きく,眼窩上隆起が発達し,顔は扁平で,鼻根部が陥没している。第1号頭骨は女性で,長さ 200mm,幅 145mm,耳高 122mm,容積 1550cm3。第2号頭骨は男性で,これより大きく容積 1650cm3とみられるが,保存状態が不良のため詳細は不確実。同時に発見された動物骨が現在とほとんど変らないため,更新世末期あるいは完新世初期の新人類に属すると考えられる。またオーストラリアで発見されたケイラー頭骨とともに,オーストラリア先住民の直接の祖先とする説もある。

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