Salmons, Josephine (b. 1904)
Salmons, Josephine (b. 1904)
South African anthropologist. Born Josephine Edna Salmons, 1904, in South Africa.
Discovered a hominid skull at Taung that contributed to the theory of human geographical origins; shared the skull with professor Raymond Dart (Nov 1924), who published an article on it titled "Australopithecus africanus: The Man-Ape of South Africa" (Nature, 1925); received little credit for the discovery of the "Missing Link," which supported the theory that humans originated from Africa, not Asia.
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