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Robert Broom FRS [1] FRSE (30 November 1866 – 6 April 1951) was a British- South African medical doctor and palaeontologist. [2] He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow .
Robert Broom and John T. Robinson Mrs. Ples is the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus ever found in South Africa . Many Australopithecus fossils have been found near Sterkfontein , about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Johannesburg , in a region of Gauteng (part of the old Transvaal ) now designated ...
Robert Broom Jr. (born January 18, 1961) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He was born and raised in New York City, then moved to Chicago, which has been his home town since 1984. [1] He performs and records with The Bobby Broom Trio and his organ group, The Bobby Broom Organi-Sation. While versed in the traditional jazz ...
On those weekends, Robert watched and learned as broom makers weighed out 12 ounces of the long fibers, then bundled them with tin-coated wire and spun them into shape with a pedal machine.
Later in 1948, Robert Broom identified the first hominid remains from Swartkrans cave. In 1954, C. K. Brain began working at sites in the Cradle, including Cooper's Cave. He then initiated his three-decade work at Swartkrans cave, which resulted in the recovery of the second-largest sample of hominid remains from the Cradle.
In 1938, the site was brought to the attention of Robert Broom by a local schoolboy named Gert Terrblanche who had discovered several hominin teeth. The teeth formed part of a skull that would become the holotype of Paranthropus robustus. Broom began excavations at the site that would continue until approximately 1947 and would result in the ...
Glanosuchus macrops was first described in 1904 by South African paleontologist Robert Broom, who named the genus and species on the basis of a nearly complete holotype skull. The skull has been distorted during fossilization and the bone is indistinguishable from the surrounding matrix in some parts. In illustrating the holotype, Broom chose ...
Swartkrans or Swartkranz is a fossil-bearing cave designated as a South African National Heritage Site, located about 32 km (20 mi) from Johannesburg. [1] It is located in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site and is notable for being extremely rich in archaeological material, particularly hominin remains. [2]