Africanus Gallery

Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man

Reconstructed: Australopithecus and the Rhodesian Man. Links in the chain of human evolution: Australopithecus Africanus (3 ft high on the left), representing the Taungs skull, and his later compatriot, the Rhodesian (6 ft), representing the Broken Hill skull. Date: 1925

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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African wildlife, lithograph, published in 1897

African wildlife: 1) Gorilla; 2) Chimpanzee (Pan); 3) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx); 4) Giraffe; 5) Lesser kudu (Ammelaphus imberbis, or Tragelaphus imberbis); 6) Lion (Panthera leo); 7) Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); 8) African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana); 9) Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus); 10) Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis); 11) Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata); 12) Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea); 13) Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus); 14) Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris); 15) Ostrich (Struthio camelus); 16) Rain frogs (Breviceps); 17) Chameleon; 18) Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Lithograph after a drawing by Gustav MAOEtzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897

Dr. Broom discovers adult Australopithecus cranium, 1936

An important discovery in South Africa: the brain-cast and parts of the skull of an anthropoid ape with human characteristics. Dr. Robert Broom paleontologist of the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, is pictured with his hand on the exact spot where the skull lay, and (on the left) Mr. W. G Barlow, manager of the lime works at Sterkfontein, near Krugersdorp, who had given him the brain-cast blasted out two days before. Date: 1936

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans