# Teuku Jacob

> Teuku Jacob was an Indonesian paleoanthropologist. As a student of Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald in the 1950s, Jacob claimed to have discovered and studied numerous specimens of Homo erectus. He came to international prominence as a vocal critic of scientists who believed remains discovered in Flores belonged to a new species in the genus Homo, Homo floresiensis.

*Indonesian paleoanthropologist (1929-2007)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Indonesia
- **Born:** 1929-12-06
- **Died:** 2007-10-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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