A History of Research on Human Evolution in South Africa from 1924 to 2016
South Africa has a rich palaeo-anthropological heritage. The very first Plio-Pleistocene specimen of Australopithecus, from the site of Taung, was described by Raymond Dart in 1925. In 1936 the first australopithecine was discovered at the site of Sterkfontein. Thereafter there was an increase in th...
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Société Francophone de Primatologie
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Revue de Primatologie |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/2708 |