History 114 W2
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Dr Robert Broom
Studies reptile & mammal fossils, supports Dart’s work
Raymond Dart
Wits prof, studied endocranial casts, foramen magnum
Australopithecus africanus
1924, Dart, 2.5 mil y.a, ‘Taung Child’
Hominid
The broader family that includes hominins plus all great apes
Hominins
Modern humans and our direct ancestors - bipedalism
1938 Broom discovery
Kromdraai, Paranthropus robustus
1947 “Mrs Ples” Discovery (by Dr Robert Broom)
Sterkfontein, 2.5 mil ya, most complete skull of Australopithecus
1947 Dart disc 150 000 pieces of fossil (mammals)
Makapansgat, smashed baboon skulls (1 side on the left, 27/42), Osteodontokeratic culture
Dart’s Theory
Ancestors of humans were inherently aggressive & were driven to kill to compete
