Editing Java Man (section)

==Physical characteristics==
[[File:Java Man.jpg|thumb|A 1922 reconstruction of the skull of Java Man (based on Trinil 2).]]
Java Man was about {{convert|5|ft|8|in|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}} tall and his thighbones show that he [[walking|walked erect]] like modern humans.<ref name="EB"/> The femur is thicker than that of a modern human, indicating he was engaging in a lot of running.<ref name="Athena"/> The skull was characterized by thick bones and a retreating forehead. The large teeth made the jaw large and jutting, with the lower lips overhanging the lower margin of the mandible, giving the impression of no chin. The [[supraorbital ridge|browridges]] were straight and massive. At 900&nbsp;cm<sup>3</sup>, his [[Brain size|cranial capacity]] was smaller than that of later ''H. erectus'' specimens. However, he had humanlike teeth with large canines.<ref name="EB"/>

Judging from anatomical and archeological aspects as well as Java Man's ecological role, meat from vertebrates was likely an important part of their diet. Java Man, like other ''Homo erectus'', was probably a rare species.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Storm |first=Paul |url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251700566 |title=A carnivorous niche for Java Man? A preliminary consideration of the abundance of fossils in Middle Pleistocene Java |journal=[[Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences|Comptes Rendus Palevol]] |volume=11 |issue=2–3 |year=2012 |pages=191–202 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2011.04.002|bibcode=2012CRPal..11..191S }}</ref> There is evidence that Java Man used shell tools to cut meat.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Choi |first1=Kildo |first2=Dubel |last2=Driwantoro |title=Shell tool use by early members of ''Homo erectus'' in Sangiran, central Java, Indonesia: cut mark evidence |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science |volume=34 |issue=1 |date=January 2007 |pages=48–58 |doi=10.1016/j.jas.2006.03.013|bibcode=2007JArSc..34...48C }}</ref> Java Man's dispersal through Southeast Asia coincides with the extirpation of the giant turtle ''[[Megalochelys]]'', possibly due to overhunting as the turtle would have been an easy, slow-moving target which could have been stored for quite some time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/|title=Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises|chapter=Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians |date=2015-04-16|publisher=Chelonian Research Foundation|isbn=978-0-9653540-9-7|editor-last=Rhodin|editor-first=Anders|edition=First|series=Chelonian Research Monographs|volume=5|doi=10.3854/crm.5.000e.fossil.checklist.v1.2015|editor-last2=Pritchard|editor-first2=Peter|editor-last3=van Dijk|editor-first3=Peter Paul|editor-last4=Saumure|editor-first4=Raymond|editor-last5=Buhlmann|editor-first5=Kurt|editor-last6=Iverson|editor-first6=John|editor-last7=Mittermeier|editor-first7=Russell|page=15}}</ref>