Show evolution may haye have started in africa PRETORIA south africa T two wo skulls found in a cave deposit by dr robert broom a noted south african scientist and his assistant I 1 T robinson are regarded by dr broom as among the most important d discoveries Isco veries yet made today solving the problem of human evolution lution the skulls are described by dr broom as very large and almost me st certainly well within the human range the ear region and the articulation of the lower jaw are typically human and very unlike those of the gorilla and the chimpanzee the cheeks larger and wider the snout unlike that of the gorilla Is quite short and the front teeth not larger than in man dr broom said our recent dl discoveries v have shown that there lived in south africa perhaps a million years ago perhaps more various tribes of pre men or primitive men some had small brains and some had fairly well developed quite human brains in some respects the small brained are more manlike in other larger brained types seem more human but we can definitely say that both are almost man and it seems highly probable that man originated in africa |