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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-08-08 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007458b.htm person Dart Raymond Arthur AACR2 4 February 1893 22 November 1988 Place of Birth Toowong, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Johannesburg, South Africa Anatomist Anthropologist Raymond Dart was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist who spent most of his working life in South Africa. He is best-known for his elucidation in 1924 of the first fossil found of Australopithecus africanus, the fossil being the skull of an infant discovered at Taungs (later Taung) north of Kimberley, South Africa. Dart's assessment was that this skull was a missing link between apes and humans, publishing his findings in Nature in 1925. His work, after being ridiculed for over 20 years, was finally accepted. Dart was embroiled in further controversy over his theories, published in an extended series of articles between 1949 and 1965, on the adaptation of animal bones by ape-men to kill animals for eating. Dart was for 35 years Professor of Anatomy at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where he was instrumental in establishing the Faculty of Medicine and served as Dean for many years. 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland 1916 1916 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland 1917 1917 Education - ChM, MB, University of Sydney 1917 1917 Career position - Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1918 1919 Military service - Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps 1919 1919 Career position - Senior demonstrator in anatomy, University College, London 1920 1921 Award - Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. 1921 1921 Career position - Lecturer, University College, London January 1923 1958 Career position - Professor of Anatomy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 1925 1943 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 1927 1927 Education - MD, University of Sydney 1930 1958 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of South Africa 1956 1956 Award - Honorary Doctorate, Univof Natal, South Africa 1958 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 1958 1958 Life event - Retired 1965 1965 Award - Honorary Doctorate, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 1966 1986 Career position - Lecturer and researcher (six months per year), Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )

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 'Dart, Raymond Arthur', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dart, Raymond Arthur Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Recollections of a reluctant anthropologist Dart, R. A. Recollections of a reluctant anthropologist 1973 Journal of human evolution 2 417-27 Book: Adventures with the missing link Dart, Raymond A. and Craig, Dennis Adventures with the missing link New York Harper and Brothers 1959 Journal Article: Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa Dart, R. A. <span style="font-style:italic">Australopithecus africanus</span>: the man-ape of South Africa 1925 Nature 115 2884 195-9 Journal Article: A century of Australopithecus africanus: Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa Westaway, Michael C., Manne, Tina, Bol, Benny and Jato, Denis A century of <span style="font-style:italic">Australopithecus africanus</span>: Raymond Dart, human origins and the place of Africa 2025 Queensland History Journal 26 3 199-209 Journal Article: The Dart legacy Pearn, John The Dart legacy 2025 Queensland History Journal 26 3 187-98 Journal Article: A Queenslander who revolutionised the study of human evolution: a personal memoir of Raymond Dart Geffen, Laurie A Queenslander who revolutionised the study of human evolution: a personal memoir of Raymond Dart 2025 Queensland History Journal 26 3 172-80 Journal Article: On the origins of a man: Raymond Arthur Dart's school and university years in Queensland Farley, Simon On the origins of a man: Raymond Arthur Dart's school and university years in Queensland 2025 Queensland History Journal 26 3 159-71 Journal Article: Introduction: Professor Raymond Arthur Dart, 1893-1988 Pearn, John Introduction: Professor Raymond Arthur Dart, 1893-1988 2025 Queensland History Journal 26 3 157-8 Resource: S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science 2002 Journal Article: The enigma of Raymond Dart Derricort, Robin The enigma of Raymond Dart 2009 International journal of African historical studies 42 2 257-82 Journal Article: In memory of Raymond Arthur Dart FRSSAf Tobias, P. V. In memory of Raymond Arthur Dart FRSSAf 1992 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 48 1 183-5 Journal Article: Early Australian neuroscientists and the tyranny of distance Geffen, Laurie and Spencer, Nick J. Early Australian neuroscientists and the tyranny of distance 2024 Journal of the history of the neurosciences 33 1 57-72 Journal Article: Raymond Dart as a pioneering primatologist Strkalj,, G. and Tobias, P. V. Raymond Dart as a pioneering primatologist 2008 HOMO: journal of comparative human biology 59 271-86 Book: Dart: scientist and man of grit Wheelhouse, Frances and Smithford, Kathaleen S. Dart: scientist and man of grit Sydney Transpareon Press 2001 Book Section: Dart, Raymond Thomas (1893-1988), anatomist and anthropologist Tobias, Phillip V. Dart, Raymond Thomas (1893-1988), anatomist and anthropologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 302-303