Shedding new light on an old mystery: Early photographs of the Taung Child
Although it was one of the most important events in the history of palaeoanthropology, many details of the Taung discovery and the events that followed it are still not completely elucidated. In this paper, we recount the events surrounding three early photographs (stored in the University of the Wi...
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| Main Authors: | Goran Å trkalj, Katarzyna Kaszycka |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academy of Science of South Africa
2012-10-01
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| Series: | South African Journal of Science |
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| Online Access: | https://sajs.co.za/article/view/9771 |
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