Research
3-million-year-old Taung Child once again shakes up our human family tree
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The Brief
- A new study in npj Palaeoecosystems dates the Taung Child fossil to between 2.96 and 3.03 million years old.
- The study is led by professor Gabriele Macho.
- The dating revisits the fossil that shaped views of human origins a century after its discovery.
Why it matters
The date places the Taung Child, an early hominin fossil, at about 3 million years, which affects how researchers position it in the human family tree.
Who’s affected
- palaeoanthropologists and researchers studying human origins
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A century after the Taung Child permanently altered our view of human origins, a new study published in npj Palaeoecosystems dates the famous fossil to between 2.96 and 3.03 million years old. Led by professor Gabriele Macho of the Archaeology, Environmental Changes and…
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New study dating the Taung Child fossil to 2.96–3.03 million years reported
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3-million-year-old Taung Child once again shakes up our human family tree