Taung

A famous fossil hominid, the so-called Taung Child discovered in South Africa in 1924 and described by Raymond Dart, bears the marks of this predation.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

The first Australopithecine to be discovered, and the type specimen of the genus, was the so-called Taung Child.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

The first Australopithecine to be discovered, and the type specimen of the genus, was the so-called Taung Child.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

Tobias would reveal "startling" new information about the creature known as the Taung skull at a public lecture at the university's Great Hall on Wednesday night, university spokeswoman

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

3 In 1925 Dart claimed that his fossil, which was popularly called the Taung Baby, represented a human ancestor, but few scientists supported him, choosing instead to label it a chimpanzee.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

3 In 1925 Dart claimed that his fossil, which was popularly called the Taung Baby, represented a human ancestor, but few scientists supported him, choosing instead to label it a chimpanzee.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

In one section, Ms. Falk declares: "Dart had mistakenly identified the lambdoid suture of the skull that had been imprinted on Taung's endocast as the lunate sulcus!"

Bones That Tell a Tale Brian Switek 2011

This contradicted the previously held hypothesis that the back of the brain in the Taung specimen was already becoming like our own.

Bones That Tell a Tale Brian Switek 2011

In the annals of paleoanthropology—the study of ancient humans—two disputes stand out: the discovery of the "Taung child" in 1925 and the revelation in 2004 of fossil "hobbits" on Flores Island in Indonesia.

Bones That Tell a Tale Brian Switek 2011

European Pressphoto Agency Crew members of a hot air balloon fired up the burner during Tazaungdaing Festival in Taung Gyi, Myanmar, on Nov. 8.

Southeast Asia in Pictures 2011