Teuku Jacob
| Teuku Jacob | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 December 1929 Peureulak, Aceh, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) |
| Died | 17 October 2007 (aged 77) Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia |
| Citizenship | Indonesia |
| Fields |
Paleoanthropology Paleontology |
| Institutions | Gadjah Mada University |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University (Ph.D.; 1967) |
| Known for | Important contributions to biological anthropology |
| Influences |
William Montague Cobb G. H. R. von Koenigswald |
Teuku Jacob (6 December 1929 – 17 October 2007) 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.
Jacob studied at Gadjah Mada University's School of Medicine from 1950 to 1956; University of Arizona from 1957 to 1958; Howard University from 1958 to 1960, and finally Utrecht University, where he completed his doctorate in anthropology in 1967. As a young adult, Jacob actively participated in the Indonesian National Revolution, producing a nationalist radio program. Following the Japanese occupation of Indonesia during World War II, Jacob served in the Indonesian armed forces. From 1982 to 1987, Jacob was also a member of the People's Consultative Assembly.
Jacob died in Dr. Sardjito Hospital at the age of 77 after suffering from a debilitating liver disease.
Jacob came to international prominence when he expressed his disagreement with scientists who claimed that remains found on the island of Flores constituted a new human species, labeled Homo floresiensis. Jacob insisted that the remains were those of microcephalic modern humans. In early December 2004, Jacob removed most of the remains from Soejono's institution, Jakarta's National Research Centre of Archaeology, for his own research without the permission of the Centre's directors.
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