| 206241 Dubois | Discovered 2002 Nov. 24 by NEAT at Palomar. |
| Dutch anatomist, surgeon and paleontologist Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois (1858-1940) was the "founding father" of palaeoanthropology. His dedicated search culminated in 1891 with the discovery of the first Homo erectus fossils in a bank of the Solo river near Trinil, Java. The name was suggested by M. Langbroek. |
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| Reference: 20090607/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-06-08 |
