The discovery of the Taung skull of Australopithecus africanus Dart and the neglected role of Professor R.B. Young

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-138

  Tobias, Phillip V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1080/00359190609519963     Document Type: Article

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