Taung Child
E546570
The Taung Child is a famous fossilized skull and endocast of a young early hominin discovered in South Africa in 1924, which provided crucial evidence for human evolution originating in Africa.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fossil specimen
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hominin fossil ⓘ type specimen ⓘ |
| ageClass | juvenile ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Taung 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taung skull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedInJournal | Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcementYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| associatedWithResearcher |
Phillip V. Tobias
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Broom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brainEndocastPresent | true ⓘ |
| brainSizeEstimateInCubicCentimeters | 400 ⓘ |
| brainSizeEstimateRangeInCubicCentimeters | 400–450 ⓘ |
| canineSizeRelativeToApes | reduced ⓘ |
| continentOfDiscovery | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDiscovery | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cranialCapacityRelativeToApes | intermediate ⓘ |
| cranialCapacityRelativeToModernHumans | smaller ⓘ |
| currentRepository | University of the Witwatersrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentRepositoryCity | Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentRepositoryCountry | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dentalDevelopmentStage | mixed dentition ⓘ |
| describedBy | Raymond Dart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Raymond Dart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredInYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| discoverySite | Taung, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estimatedAgeAtDeathInYears | 3 ⓘ |
| estimatedAgeAtDeathRangeInYears | 2–4 ⓘ |
| estimatedAgeInYears | 2500000 ⓘ |
| estimatedAgeRangeInYears | 2000000–3000000 ⓘ |
| evidenceForBipedalism | foramen magnum position ⓘ |
| facePrognathism | moderate ⓘ |
| foramenMagnumPosition | anterior ⓘ |
| fossilType |
cranium
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endocast ⓘ |
| geologicalEpoch |
Pleistocene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pliocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | Buxton Limeworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holotypeOf | Australopithecus africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
acceptance of African origin of humans
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paleoanthropological research in South Africa ⓘ |
| partOf | South African hominin fossil record ⓘ |
| preservationState | partial skull ⓘ |
| sex | undetermined ⓘ |
| significance |
challenged Eurocentric theories of human origins
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early evidence for human evolution in Africa ⓘ supported bipedalism preceding large brain size ⓘ |
| taxon | Australopithecus africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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