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Referee's report by Arthur Keith, on a paper 'Australopithecus africanus. With a note on the fossil remains associated with australopithecus africanus' by R A Dant

Reference number: RR/42/89

Date: June 1930

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in part. Much of the paper could be eliminated without loss. The australopithecus' dentition makes it seem 'very human'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 28 June 1930.

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RR/42/89
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June 1930
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Arthur Keith, Referee's report by Arthur Keith, on a paper 'Australopithecus africanus. With a note on the fossil remains associated with australopithecus africanus' by R A Dant, June 1930, RR/42/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_42_89/referees-report-by-arthur-keith-on-a-paper-australopithecus-africanus-with-a-note-on-the-fossil-remains-associated-with-australopithecus-africanus-by-r-a-dant, accessed on 24 January 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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