This week in history: November 18-24 Myanmar-Thailand border clash; UN recognizes Palestinian “right of return”;British Labour government nationalizes iron and steel industry; first Australopithecus skull discovered.

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100 years ago

Australian #anthropologist #RaymondDart at the #UniversityoftheWitwatersrand identified a skull discovered at a limestone quarry in #Taung, #SouthAfrica as the first specimen of the #hominin species #Australopithecusafricanus

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