INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR PHILLIP TOBIAS, DIRECTOR OF WITS PALAEO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIT AT WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL Discovery of new fossil hominid, oldest evidenceì of member of human family in SA at Sterkfonteinì Caves

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  • Title: INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR PHILLIP TOBIAS, DIRECTOR OF WITS PALAEO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIT AT WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL Discovery of new fossil hominid, oldest evidenceì of member of human family in SA at Sterkfonteinì Caves
  • Date: 26th July 1995
  • Summary: INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR PHILLIP TOBIAS [DIRECTOR OFì WITS' PALAEO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIT] ATì WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL re:ì Discovery of new fossil hominid, oldest evidenceì of member of human family in SA at Sterkfonteinì Caves 09.09.19 EXT GV'S WITS MEDICAL SCHOOL 09.29.00 GV'S LABORATORY - VARIOUS SCULLS / BONES 09.35.12 PROF TOBIAS SHOWING SOIL FORMATIONS ONì CHART 09.41.45 PROF TOBIAS: ...our foot today has theì big toe lined up parallel to the other toes [USINGì CAST OF HUMAN FOOT] 09.43.04 ..."little foot" hasprovided theì answer...[SHOWING DIAGRAM] if one examines theì anckle bone...that bone is completely modernì human-like...it's the anckle bone of a creatureì going habitually on 2 feet not 4... 09.43.59 ...base of the big toe...one finds more &ì more features which are chimpanzee-like and notì human-like.. 09.44.27 ...find clearly evidence that the big toeì was divergent from the other toes... 09.44.38 ...it's a mixed bag... 09.45.27 ...this big toe joined at the base hereì is a highly mobile joint. The curvature of theì surface there in both directions shows not onlyì was the big toe divergent...but it was also aì highly mobile joint... 09.47.11 ...it's NB because of the light it throwsì on the way in which the transition occured fromì quadrupedal gait of chimps & gorillas to bipedalì gait of humans... 09.50.08 ...here we have a facinating blend ofì ape-size brains, human posture, uprightness &ì bipedalism & human-like teeth 09.50.33 ...can see that they have humanised inì some features...but not in other... 09.53.51 SHOWING FOOTPRINTS 09.58.07 EXPLAINING THAT FOSSIL BONES HAVE BEENì LYING AROUND FOR 14 YEARS IN A BOX 10.02.17 ...it's the oldest sign of a hominid fromì SA. It throws magnificent new light on how theì foot evolved from ...4-footed animal...to 2-footedì animal like a human... 10.03.51 USING DIAGRAM 0 EXPLAINING THAT LITTLEì FOOT COULD GRASP BRANCHES 10.08.06 PROF ENTERING SAFE TAKING OUT DISCOCEREDì BONES 10.09.55 CU'S OF BONES 10.11.35 SHOWING HOW BONES FIT
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  • City: JOHANNESBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 95JUL26V01
  • Story Text:INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR PHILLIP TOBIAS [DIRECTOR OFì
    WITS' PALAEO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIT] ATì
    WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL re:ì
    Discovery of new fossil hominid, oldest evidenceì
    of member of human family in SA at Sterkfonteinì
    Caves

    09.09.19 EXT GV'S WITS MEDICAL SCHOOL
    09.29.00 GV'S LABORATORY - VARIOUS SCULLS / BONES
    09.35.12 PROF TOBIAS SHOWING SOIL FORMATIONS ONì
    CHART
    09.41.45 PROF TOBIAS: ...our foot today has theì
    big toe lined up parallel to the other toes [USINGì
    CAST OF HUMAN FOOT]
    09.43.04 ..."little foot" hasprovided theì
    answer...[SHOWING DIAGRAM] if one examines theì
    anckle bone...that bone is completely modernì
    human-like...it's the anckle bone of a creatureì
    going habitually on 2 feet not 4...
    09.43.59 ...base of the big toe...one finds more &ì
    more features which are chimpanzee-like and notì
    human-like..
    09.44.27 ...find clearly evidence that the big toeì
    was divergent from the other toes...
    09.44.38 ...it's a mixed bag...
    09.45.27 ...this big toe joined at the base hereì
    is a highly mobile joint. The curvature of theì
    surface there in both directions shows not onlyì
    was the big toe divergent...but it was also aì
    highly mobile joint...
    09.47.11 ...it's NB because of the light it throwsì
    on the way in which the transition occured fromì
    quadrupedal gait of chimps & gorillas to bipedalì
    gait of humans...
    09.50.08 ...here we have a facinating blend ofì
    ape-size brains, human posture, uprightness &ì
    bipedalism & human-like teeth
    09.50.33 ...can see that they have humanised inì
    some features...but not in other...
    09.53.51 SHOWING FOOTPRINTS
    09.58.07 EXPLAINING THAT FOSSIL BONES HAVE BEENì
    LYING AROUND FOR 14 YEARS IN A BOX
    10.02.17 ...it's the oldest sign of a hominid fromì
    SA. It throws magnificent new light on how theì
    foot evolved from ...4-footed animal...to 2-footedì
    animal like a human...
    10.03.51 USING DIAGRAM 0 EXPLAINING THAT LITTLEì
    FOOT COULD GRASP BRANCHES
    10.08.06 PROF ENTERING SAFE TAKING OUT DISCOCEREDì
    BONES
    10.09.55 CU'S OF BONES
    10.11.35 SHOWING HOW BONES FIT
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