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Lew Ashwal of U. Witwatersrand died this week. Over decades, his scholarship helped shape modern thinking on magmatic processes and global crustal evolution (from Grant Bybee).

I remember Lew very patiently helping a young geochemist (myself) understand why mountains made of anorthosite were […]

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.

#archaeology #anthropology

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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