The Taung Child, South Africa's premier hominin discovered 90 years ago by Wits University Professor Raymond Dart, continues to shed light on human origins. By subjecting the skull of the first ...

CT scan disproves support for similar infant brain development to that of modern humans The Taung Child, South Africa's premier hominin discovered 90 years ago by Wits University Professor Raymond ...

SA's Taung Child's skull and brain not human-like in expansion CT scan disproves support for similar infant brain development to that of modern humans ...

The anthropologist who analyzed the fossil, dubbed the Taung Child, believed it was an ancestor of modern-day humans – but it would be another 20 years before he would be widely believed.

For the Taung child, ... "Thus, these equations are perhaps only appropriate for reconstructing hominins" that look more like modern humans, the researchers wrote in the study.

And the small canine teeth were imbedded in a slender jaw—also human-like traits. The Taung Child’s presence, Dart argued, supported Darwin’s overlooked idea, revealing Africa as the ...

The search for our collective origins continues to be redefined by the Taung Child, South Africa's premier hominin discovered 90 years ago. About Careers Internship MedBlog Contact us English (US) ...

The skull of an ape-like Australopithecus found in 1924 and nicknamed the Taung Child revolutionised our view of human origins. It suggested humans evolved in Africa, not Eurasia as previously ...

A South African anthropologist says his research into the death of the famous "Taung child" shows that human ancestors were hunted by birds. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit ...

The Taung Child bones had been found in a pile with butchered animal bones, suggesting the den of a human predator. But Berger also found eagle-like eggshells in this den.

Taung Child was not as human-like as previously thought Wits University A three million-year-old fossil believed to show infant brain development was not as human-like as previously thought ...