Forthcoming special issue

 

The Taung Child then and now: Commemorating its centenary in a postcolonial age

This special issue commemorating the centenary of the publication of the discovery of the Taung Child will be published on 07 February 2025.

COMING SOON

Guest leader

  • The Taung Child then and now: Commemorating its centenary in a postcolonial age

Perspective

  • Palaeoanthropology in Kenya: After discovery of the Taung Child

Review Articles

  • Looking for the origins of the human brain: The role of South Africa in the history of palaeoneurology
  • Unpacking the 'explorer' narrative and its impacts on African palaeoanthropology
  • The development of chemical approaches to fossil hominin ecology in South Africa
  • Taung and beyond: The mining history, geology and taphonomy of Australopithecus in South Africa
  • The ground beneath our feet: A critical reflection on 135 years of landscape evolution models for southern Africa
  • Hominin heritage: How institutional repositories are managing collections, collaboration and repatriation

Research Articles

  • Contesting a legendary legacy: A century of reflection on Raymond Dart and the Taung skull
  • The children of Taung: Journeying from a rural village to the global stage: The perception of the local community and views regarding the development of the site and the curation of the skull
  • Results from an Australopithecus africanus dental enamel fragment confirm the potential of palaeoproteomics for South African Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites
  • Why heads matter in palaeoanthropology: The impacts and consequences of collecting skulls
  • 100 Years of palaeo-research and its relevance for transformation and social cohesion in southern Africa