"The Taung Child"
Australopithecus africanus

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"The Taung Child"

Australopithecus africanus

general information

hominid chart

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Raymond Dart
(1893-1989)
and the
Taung Skull

In the News . . .

• Taung Child's brain development not human-like? CT scan casts doubt on similarity to that of modern humans -- Science Daily (25 August 2014)
  
  

• Australopithecus Africanus -- Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
  
  
• Australopithicus africanus: The Taung Baby -- WSU
  
  
• Human Ancestors Hall: Taung 1 -- The Smithsonian Instituation
  
  
• Raymond Dart -- Wikipedia
  
  
• Raymond Dart -- talk.origins Archive
  
  
• SA fossil murder mystery solved -- BBC News
  
  
• Taung Child -- Wikipedia
  
  
• Taung Child -- The Talk.Origins Archive, Jim Foley
  
  
• Taung fossil site -- Jeffrey K. McKee
  
  
• Taung Heritage Site
  
  
• Were human ancestors hunted by birds? -- MSNBC
  
  
• Ancient Raptors Likely Feasted On Early Man, Study Suggests -- ScienceDaily

Orrorin / Ardipithecus / Australopithecus / Kenyanthropus

Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History

Times to Remember

Timeline -- Maricopa College
Hominids | Primates -- Contemporary | Primates -- Prehistoric

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