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Misteri Manusia Pribumi Kerdil Pigmi, Homo Floresiensis Yang Jadi Misteri

 Peneliti senior Lembaga Eijkman Herawati Sudoyo mengungkap bahwa tinggi badan manusia pigmi Flores yang rata-rata hanya 148 cm terjadi karena adaptasi dengan lingkungan, bukan karena ada keterkaitan dengan gen manusia kerdil purba Homo Floresiensis. “Tinggi badan manusia pigmi terjadi karena adaptasi dan seleksi alam. Evolusi ukuran tubuh yang mengecil pada mamalia besar yang terisolasi di pulau-pulau merupakan […]

Mob Stories, Stand Up Comedy Culture From Indonesian Papuans

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Have you ever heard the term Papuan Mop? If you don’t know, Mob is the Papuan version of stand-up comedy. Mob is a means of joking and unwinding among Papuans. Usually, Mob is told alternately when hanging out with friends and relatives. Mob itself is lifted from almost all orders of human life. Starting from […]

The Magic Crocodile Story, Indonesian Folklore From Papua

Once upon a time, on the banks of the Tami River in Papua, there was a husband and wife waiting for a child to come. The husband, named Towjatuwa, was very nervous because his wife, who was pregnant, had difficulty giving birth. There is only one way to help his wife give birth, namely by […]