10 Interesting Fact About Biology history

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• The discovery of Pithecanthropus Erectus fossils in Trinil, East Java in 1891 was one of the most important inventions in biological history in Indonesia.
• In the 1930s, a botanist named Soejatmi Tjitrosomo managed to find a new plant species which was later named Nepenthes Djamban.
• In 1961, a biologist named Soedjito Soemodihardjo managed to find a new fish species in Lake Toba which was later named Toba.
• In 1978, a study of biodiversity in Lorentz National Park, Papua, managed to find a new bird species named Cicinnurus Lorentzi.
• In 1981, a marine biologist named Yulius Purwanto managed to find a new fish species in Lombok waters which was later named Pseudanthias Lombokensis.
• In 1993, a biologist named Djaja Doel Soejarto managed to find new chemical compounds from plants which were then used as medicinal ingredients to treat cancer.
• In 2001, a sea biologist named Jamaluddin Jompa managed to find a new coral reef species in Wakatobi waters, Southeast Sulawesi.
• In 2006, a molecular biologist named Herawati Sudoyo managed to find genetic variations in humans in Indonesia that are different from human genetics outside Indonesia.
• In 2010, a study of biodiversity in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, managed to find a new bird species named Zoothera Salimalii.
• In 2015, a marine biologist named Fitry Pakiding managed to find a new jellyfish species in the waters of Bunaken, North Sulawesi which was later named Euphysa Bunakenensis.