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Taung Child

Australopithecus africanus
The Taung Child is the fossilised skull of a young Australopithecus africanus. It was discovered in 1924 by quarrymen working for the Northern Lime Company in Taung, South Africa. Raymond Dart described it as a new species in the journal Nature in... Wikipedia
Place discovered: Taung, South Africa
Species: Australopithecus africanus
Age: ~2.8 mya; 3.3 years when deceased