Pithecanthropus Soloensis, Characteristics and Ways of Life
Pithecanthropus Soloensis – The pre-literate period or ancient times is an era that does not know writing. Our ancestors at this time were very dependent on nature, both for finding food, shelter, giving signals through codes, or looking for makeshift clothes through twigs or broad leaves and had a strong feeling about something.
At that time, not many ancient humans were found. One of them is Pithecanthropus. This ancient human used to always be alone with the smallest group.
However, as time goes by, they begin to change their mindset which affects how to find food, where to live, old habits slowly and begin to join other groups to live side by side in looking for food or daily life.
Characteristics of Pithecanthropus Soloensis
Pithecanthropus fossils are ancient creatures found in Central Java and East Java which have the characteristics of a very sturdy body, very wide urinary bones, a thick and elongated throat, strong jaws and chewing food but no chin bone.
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Pithecanthropus’ face was still slightly ape-shaped and had not yet passed on to modern humans. The scientists who managed to find this fossil were Oppenoort, Ter Harr, and GHR Koenigswald in the Ngandong area, Sangiran, Central Java Province.
There are three types of pithecanthropus namely Pithecantropus Soloensis, Pithecantropus Erectus and Pithecantropus Mojokertensis.
These three ancient humans had the same general body shape. However, this Pithecanthropus is categorized better than Pithecanthropus Erestus and Pithecanthropus Mojokertensis.
Pithecanthropus became one of the ancient humans that was different from the others because this human ate hard game, the molars were very large, had a bangir count but did not have a chin bone, a brain volume of 750-1350 cc which was located as wide as a wide temple with a body tall, large, sturdy about 165-180 cm.
This ancient human became the strongest human of his time because of the molars that other types of early humans did not have.
How to Live Pithecanthropus Soloensis
At that time, Pithecantropus Soloensis still resided in a nomadic nature or could be called a nomadic life if the place where they were living did not have food stocks anymore.
Usually, Pithecantropus lives in caves on the coast and leaves food traces in the form of animal bones whose fossils can still be found today, such as caves on the coast in Solo which are in museums.
But these ancient creatures did not live as long as other early humans due to populations that did not reproduce regularly. The customs that are now upheld are the habits and ways of thinking of our ancestors, namely pre-literate humans.
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But as time goes by, their habits and ways of thinking change, from irregular to regular. Other types of early human fossils were found reincarnated from pithecanthropus but the human face was fully formed.
Culture of Pithecanthropus Soloensis
At the same time, they lived in a different language from the current language. It could be said that they spoke using sign language.
According to Von Koenigswald and R. Weidenreich, Pithecanthropus Soloensis can be categorized as homo (human) because the results of the fossils studied have shown few characteristics of modern humans.
Also read: Meganthropus Paleojavanicus
By getting to know the pre-literate era who did not know writing, you can know where we came from at this time and who were the ancestors who had created habits.
