Java man
/ˈdʒɑːvə
/noun
A fossil hominid of the Middle Pleistocene period, whose remains were found in Java in 1891.
- An early form of Homo erectus (formerly Pithecanthropus), family Hominidae.
- New technology has allowed for more precise dating of fossils, and recent reassessments put the age of Java man at about 1.5 million years old, contemporaneous with other fossil finds in Africa.
- What she does not tell school children is that below those floorboards were also other skulls - modern-looking skulls - that were found in the same level of strata, and would have surely put an end to Dubois' precious Java man.
- have someone's ear
- have someone's guts for garters
- have someone's name on it
- have someone's number
- have someone's number on it
- have someone/thing by the balls
- have someone/thing in mind
- have someone up
- have-something
- have something against someone
- have something at one's feet
- have something coming out of one's ears
- have something in common
- have something off (or down) pat
- have something on good authority
- have something on one's side (or something is on one's side)
- have something (or nothing) to show for
- have something out
- have something to burn
- have something to offer
- have something to one's credit
- have something to say for oneself
- have stars in one's eyes
- have steam coming out of one's ears
- have swallowed a dictionary