The Netherlands is returning a fossil collection taken from Indonesia in the colonial era, including the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus
8mon 22d ago by lemmy.ca/u/ZeroCool in palaeontology@mander.xyz from apnews.com
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.
We get around to doing the right thing ...eventually it seems. Most some of the time.