#OnThisDay in 1925, the incredible Taung Child fossil was announced to the world. Surprisingly, the news didn't come from a journal article but instead from a local newspaper. How the Sun scooped @nature: https://t.co/WLewcwfJyG #fossils #histsci pic.twitter.com/qiLSnR3wRu
— Paige Madison (@FossilHistory) February 3, 2020