. Guide leaflet. Fig. 2. Australopithecus, righl side view of the skull. After Dart. The fossil skull of an ape found towards the end of !!>- 1 at Taungs,Bechuanaland, South Africa, was Darned by its describer, A. Dart, Australopithecus africanus. It is the most man-likeof all known apes, recent or fossil. The original skull (Fig. 2) belongedto a young animal with the milk teeth in place. In ](), Dr. Etoberl Broom secured an additional incomplete fossilskull of an adult ape belonging to the same genus, Australopithecus. This specimen, found in a cave deposit at Sterckfontein
. Guide leaflet. Fig. 2. Australopithecus, righl side view of the skull. After Dart. The fossil skull of an ape found towards the end of !!>- 1 at Taungs,Bechuanaland, South Africa, was Darned by its describer, A. Dart, Australopithecus africanus. It is the most man-likeof all known apes, recent or fossil. The original skull (Fig. 2) belongedto a young animal with the milk teeth in place. In ](), Dr. Etoberl Broom secured an additional incomplete fossilskull of an adult ape belonging to the same genus, Australopithecus. This specimen, found in a cave deposit at Sterckfontein, South Africa, HALL OF THE AGE OF MAN 9 fortunately included a nearly complete endocranial cast and the perma-nent or adult upper premolars and molars (I^i«»:. 3). These revealmany features found in chimpanzees and gorillas but are on the wholeremarkably man-like. The evidence of Australopithecus tends tobridge structural differences between ape and man. / •
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