Taung Child
- joshua nugent
- 7 hours ago
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Category: Paleontology — Africa
Location: Taung, North West Province, South Africa
Geological Age / Epoch: Pliocene, ~2.8 Ma
Discovery Context: Raymond Dart, 1924
Coordinates: -27.53, 24.62
Scientific Impact: First australopithecine found; shifted the search for human origins to Africa.
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