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Renowned South African Scholar Dies

Emeritus Professor Phillip Valentine Tobias, a scholar in the fields of anatomy, palaeoanthropology and zoology, internationally renowned for his expertise on the origins of humans, and an outspoken anti-apartheid academic, has died at 86.

  • South Africa:   Phillip Tobias Dies

    SAPA, 7 June 2012

    During his life palaeo-anthropologist Phillip Tobias changed humans' understanding of our ancient ancestry. Read more »

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Professor Phillip Tobias with a collection of fossil hominid skulls from east and southern Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

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