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First ever Discovery of a well-preserved Skull and Associated Skeleton of Australopithecus

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: Although 74 years have elapsed since the discovery at Taung of the first Australopithecus fossil, and despite intensive fieldwork in East Africa and 32 years of non-stop excavation at Sterkfontein, there has not been a discovery to date of a reasonably intact skull and associated skeleton of an ape-man. This is an account of the extraordinary series of events that led to just such a discovery and a preliminary assessment of the significance of the fossil, which is still largely embedded in the Member 2 breccia of the Sterkfontein Caves near Krugersdorp, South Africa.

Source: Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida)

Author: Ronald J. Clarke

Institution: University of the Witwatersrand

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2306933400

FWCI: 24.24

Cites: 3

Cited by: 145

Related to: 10