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"Peek Behind the History "
Sangiran Museum
This historical place is no less interesting. Many of the domestic and foreign tourists who visit the Site Sangiran Museum in Sragen regency, Central Java, in the area of Dome Sangiran. Dome is located in the Depression Solo, at the foot of Mount Lawu (approximately 17 km from Solo City). Chandra Kusuma Secondary V students also did not want to miss the time to visit museums and take a look at Sangiran objects there. With the opportunities that exist, and they step their foot on the museum on 4th February 2009. They were interested to see a variety of fossil animals and ancient people stored in the museum.
Sangiran attendance is an example picture of human life the past because of this site is the ancient human fossil sites most complete in the world. Its Broadest reach 56km2 covering the three districts in Sragen Regency, the District Gemolong, Kalijambe and Plupuh and one district in Karanganyar District, namely Gondangrejo.
Sangiran is actually the name of two twin small villages, located on the border between the District and District Karanganyar Sragen, Central Java. Both villages this time separated by Cemoro that flows from the foot of Mount Merapi to the Bengawan Solo river. Village of Sangiran is located on the north side Krikilan Village, District Kalijambe, Sragen Regency. The south part of Sangiran Village entrance of the Village Krendowahono, District Gondangrejo, Karanganyar District. Currently, the twin is as the name of a site area of ancient man.
"The museum was founded in 1986, inaugurated on 1 August 1988 in District Kalijambi" said Nining, as guide at the museum. Ancient theory of human development, consisting of 2:
1.Teory Out of Africa
Homo erectus spread from Africa about 1.5 million years ago. They disappear around 100 thousand years ago. However, the homo erectus in Africa evolved into Homo Sapiens 150 thousand years and then migrated to various parts of the world. Thus, all human beings in the world is the offspring of a female Homo Sapiens is in Africa.
2.Teory Local Development (multi regional Continuity)
Homo erectus spread from Africa about 1.5 million years ago. Evolved into homo sapiens in their respective place of residence. Then the occurrence of genetic exchange between them. This process is the human race create a variety of modern world.
Sangiran site is important because it has some other virtue, namely that the site of this area is very wide, namely finding approximately 56 km2 and have the most ancient dwelling older people in the appeal other sites. Attention to this site beginning in 1893 by Eugène Dubois who are seeking fossil human ancestor. But because he is not careful, the objects that he wanted, not found. The findings thus established that he was looking for in Trinil, Ngawi, East Java. Finding a fossil skull and femur ancient people called Pithecanthropus erectus, the human primates who walk upright.
More intensive research conducted in 1930 by JC-an van Es, followed GHR von Koenigswald. He successfully found more than 1000 pieces of stone tools of ancient man-made life in the Sangiran been made of rock kalsedon. Year 1936, von Koenigswald found fossil maxilla ancient man called Meganthropus paleojavanicus. Year 1937, he found ancient human fossil find the Pithecanthropus erectus Dubois.
To preserve and protect the Site Filter, in 1997 the Government through the Minister of Education and Culture has established the Sangiran area and the surrounding area of approximately 56 km2 as the local heritage.
On 25 June 1995, Sangiran site nominated to UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage of note and in the "World Heritage List numbers 593 with the name:" Sangiran Early Man Site ".
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