Back Taung-kind Afrikaans طفل تونغ Arabic Nen de Taung Catalan Taungské dítě Czech Kind von Taung German Niño de Taung Spanish کودک تاونگ Persian Enfant de Taung French Blaosc Taung Irish Neno de Taung Galician
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| Catalog no. | Taung 1 |
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| Common name | Taung Child |
| Species | Australopithecus africanus |
| Age | c. 2.8 million years (aged c. 3.3 years) |
| Place discovered | Taung, North West, South Africa |
| Date discovered | 1924 |
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] Dean Falk, a specialist in brain evolution, has called it "the most important anthropological fossil of the twentieth century."[2]
- ^ Štrkalj & Kaszycka 2012.
- ^ Falk 2011, p. 19.