It was a Kiwi who first split the atom...but what about inventing the wheel?
That is one thing the ancient Americans could never do.
All those western developments were gradual, sometimes over centuries
The Chinese were basically cut off from that for centuries because of their internal political systems.
Current Russian technology is regarded as backward but this Russian dude invented the periodic table...Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev.
That discovery was genius, so was the discovery of the DNA helix, that is a massive story involving some Merkins. However the DNA molecule was discovered by a Swiss dude Friedrich Miescher in the 19th century.
If you go online I am sure you can join a MAGA discussion group, and heyzeuss talk about backward.