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SOUTH AFRICA, paradise of geologists, continues touring forth its treasures. For many generations it has supplied the world with gold, diamonds, platinum and corundum, while in recent years the development of its resources in other essential minerals, such as tin and tungsten, has become increasingly important. In the realm of palæontology, it has furnished, from the rocks of the Karroo System, a wealth of well-preserved material for evolutionary studies in early reptiles, amphibians and fishes. Archæologists, too, have looked upon this region as a happy hunting ground, for within the last few decades it has yielded skeletal remains of early man and anthropoid apes, as well as a large series of primitive stone implements.
The Geology of South Africa
By Dr. Alex. L. du Toit. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. xii + 527 + 41 plates. (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1939.) 28s. net.
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BOSWELL, P. The Geology of South Africa. Nature 146, 214–215 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146214a0
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