Who discovered the Taung Child, the first Australopithecus africanus fossil, in 1924?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Raymond Dart
- Step 1: Raymond Dart described the skull from Taung in the North West in 1925.
Answer
Raymond Dart.
Why not the others: Robert Broom: he discovered Mrs Ples at Sterkfontein in 1947. Louis Leakey: he worked mainly in East Africa. Charles Darwin: Darwin did not discover this fossil; it was found long after his death.
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