The find later became known as Java man. There is evidence that Java Man used shell tools to cut meat. This assessment dates the fossils of Java Man to between 900,000 and 1,000,000 years old. Therefore, scholars still debate the age of the "H. erectus" fossil Java Man. He called his finds "Pithecanthropus erectus" ("ape-human that stands upright") or Java Man. In the media, the Java Man was hailed as the missing link. Both Java Man and Peking Man date back to about 300,000 years ago. Java Man, like other "Homo erectus", was probably a rare species. Southeast Asia (Java Man), back to Africa ("Homo ergaster"), and to Europe (Tautavel Man).