Australopithecus africanus - The Australian Museum
In 1924, a fossil was rescued from a limestone quarry at Taung in South Africa and sent to Australian, Raymond Dart who was a Professor of Anatomy in nearby Johannesburg. The now-famous Taung Child skull had a mixture of human-like and ape-like features.
Australopithecus africanus | The Smithsonian Institution's …
Jan 3, 2024 · These vertebrate from the spine of an Australopithecus africanus individual show it walked upright in a way very similar to modern humans. The uniquely human curve of your lower back absorbs shock when you walk.
Australopithecus africanus - Wikipedia
Male skulls may have been more robust than female skulls. Males may have been on average 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) in height and 40 kg (88 lb) in weight, and females 125 cm (4 ft 1 in) and 30 kg (66 lb). A. africanus was a competent biped, albeit less efficient at walking than humans.
Taung Child - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
When this 3-year-old child's skull was found in 1924, it was among the first early human fossils to be found in Africa -- and the first early human fossil discovery to draw major attention to this region as a place of origin of the human family tree.
Taung Child - Wikipedia
The Taung Child (or Taung Baby) is the fossilised skull of a young Australopithecus africanus. It was discovered in 1924 by quarrymen working for the Northern Lime Company in Taung, South Africa. Raymond Dart described it as a new species in the journal Nature in 1925. The Taung skull is in repository at the University of Witwatersrand. [1]
Human Ancestor, African Species, Fossils - Britannica
Nov 18, 2024 · In 1925 South African anthropologist Raymond Dart coined the genus name Australopithecus to identify a child’s skull recovered from mining operations at Taung in South Africa. He called it Australopithecus africanus, meaning “southern ape of Africa.”
Mrs. Ples - Wikipedia
Mrs. Ples is the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus ever found in South Africa.
Taung child | Australopithecus africanus, Human Ancestor, Skull …
Taung child, the first discovered fossil of Australopithecus africanus. Exhumed by miners in South Africa in 1924, the fossil was recognized as a primitive hominin (member of the human lineage) by paleoanthropologist Raymond Dart. The Taung specimen is …
AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS: TAUNG CHILD, LITTLE …
Mrs. Ples is the nickname for the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus — and one of the most perfect pre-human skulls — ever found in South Africa.
Australopithecus africanus – Environmental Archaeology Lab
The Australopithecus africanus Skull (Taung Child) was discovered by M. de Bruyn in Taung, South Africa in 1924. Anatomy professor Raymond Dart identified this juvenile skull as a new genus and species of hominid in 1925 in Nature ( Australopithecus africanus , which means “southern ape of Africa”).
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