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At the beginning of April we restarted work at Sterkfontein in the search for more remains of Plesianthropus; and we were successful in getting remains of a number of individuals and a perfect skull of an elderly female, of which an announcement was made in Nature of May 17. Unfortunately, owing to a difference of opinion with the Historical Monuments Commission, further work was delayed for a month.
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BROOM, R., ROBINSON, J. Further Remains of the Sterkfontein Ape-man, Plesianthropus. Nature 160, 430–431 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160430b0
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