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The scientific name of Java man is

  • Homo habilis

  • Homo sapiens neandarthalensis

  • Homo erectus erects

  • Australopithecus bisei

Solution

C.

Homo erectus erects

Java man is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at Trinil Ngawai Regency on the banks of the Solo river in East Java in Indonesia. It was one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus. The scientific name Pithecanthropus erectus, a name derived from Greek and Latin roots meaning upright ape man.

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