The Dutch government has agreed to return the historically significant Dubois Collection of over 28,000 fossils, including the "Java Man" (Homo erectus), to Indonesia. This act of restitution is based on a commission's finding that the fossils were removed unjustly and "against the will of the people" during the colonial era.
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The Netherlands is returning a fossil collection taken from Indonesia in the colonial era, including the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus
https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-indonesia-fossils-java-colonialism-restitution-cfb33babd5ae3e4e881ec1ad0d0d9028The Dutch government has agreed to return the historically significant Dubois Collection of over 28,000 fossils, including the "Java Man" (Homo erectus), to Indonesia. This act of restitution is based on a commission's finding that the fossils were removed unjustly and "against the will of the people" during the colonial era.
We get around to doing the right thing ...eventually it seems.
Mostsome of the time.