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Raymond Dart

Australian anatomist and anthropologist (1893-1988)

  • Fame51.5
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Lived 1893–1988, aged 95Australia
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    1893–1988
    Aged 95
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Updated 2026-06-21

Raymond Arthur Dart was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his involvement in the 1924 discovery of the first fossil found of Australopithecus africanus, an extinct hominin closely related to humans, at Taung in the North of South Africa in the Northwest province. He also did extensive work on physical anthropology in the tradition of scientific racism.

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