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Teuku Jacob

Indonesian paleoanthropologist (1929-2007) · Indonesia · On the map · Academics · Died at 77

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.

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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.

Country
Indonesia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2007 · aged 77