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Historical Bibliography Updated: August 27, 2022

Australopithecus africanus: The man-ape of South Africa.

Publication Details

Nature, 115, 195-99. 1925 CE.

First report on Dart's discovery in 1924 of the first member of the genus Australopithecus, the first hominin found in Africa.

In their 150th anniversary issue published on November 4, 2019 the editors of Nature included Dart's paper among the ten most significant papers Nature had published in its first 150 years. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02839-3

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Entry Number#211.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/3871
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External URLaustralopithecus-africanus-the-manape-of-south-africa