An undated photo shows the skull of the Taung child. The 3-million-year-old fossil uncovered in South Africa shows no signs of the kind of soft spot that would be seen in human children with larger brains, a study has concluded. The findings are the latest contribution to a long-running debate over whether the bones may have represented the earliest signs of a fusing skull. (Photo by Bernhard Zipfel/Evolutionary Studies Institute via AFP Photo)
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