Some Notes on the Taungs Skull

Abstract

A FEW days ago I visited Johannesburg to have a look at the remarkable new skull discovered by Prof. Dart, and named by him Australopithecus africanus. Prof. Dart not only allowed me every facility for examining the skull, but also gave me with almost unexampled generosity full permission to publish any observations I made on it, and suggested further that I might send to NATURE any notes that might amplify the account he had already given. As the skull is one of extreme importance, a full account with measurements and very detailed figures will in due course be published by Prof. Dart, but the world already realises the unique character of the discovery and is anxious for more immediate information.