Raymond Dart

Raymond Dart was an Australian anthropologist best known for discovering the fossil of a species called Australopithecus africanus in 1924. This discovery was significant because it provided strong evidence that humans evolved in Africa. Dart’s work helped reshape our understanding of human origins by showing that early human ancestors had both human-like and ape-like traits. His findings challenged previous ideas and laid important groundwork for the study of human evolution. Dart's discovery remains a key milestone in paleoanthropology, the science of studying ancient human and pre-human ancestors.