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Mammoths and Man in the Transvaal

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PROF. DART'S paper in the Supplement to NATURE of Dec. 10, 1927, on “Mammoths and Man in the Transvaal,” followed by Dr. R. Broom's letter in the issue of Mar. 3, 1928, under the same title, renders desirable the immediate description of two elephant teeth kindly sent to me by Curator Wilman, of the McGregor Museum at Kimberley, South Africa, in 1926 and 1927.

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  1. A. T. Hopwood, "On some Mammalian Remains from Lake Nyasa," Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., London, vol. 83, pt. 3, pp. 442–444; 1927.

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OSBORN, H. Mammoths and Man in the Transvaal. Nature 121, 672–673 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121672a0

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