The Dutch government accepted an independent committee recommendation to return more than 28,000 fossils excavated in colonial-era Indonesia by Eugène Dubois. The committee found that the collection never became Dutch state property and that coercion likely shaped how local people were made to reveal fossil sites.
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The Dutch state claimed ownership of the Dubois fossils and rejected return.
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The committee concluded the state never owned the collection and recommended unconditional return.