17th July in history
Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovered the partial skull of a new species of early human ancestor, Zinjanthropus boisei or ‘Zinj’ (now called Paranthropus boisei), on this day in 1959 from Africa almost 2 million years ago. Did you know that: • Matthew Flinders published “A Voyage to Terra Australis”, detailing his circumnavigation of Australia, on this […]
