The Tong Child_ A Game-Changing Discovery in Human Evolution

Child of Tong In 1924 quarrymen in Tong South Africa made an astonishing discovery that would change the course of human history While working on limestone deposits on the Buxton Lime Works they uncovered a small skull of a child The skull was brought to the attention of Raymond Dart an anatomist and anthropologist who immediately recognized its significance At the time the Tong child was discovered most believed that early human ancestors originated in Europe but the Tong child challenged this theory