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Wits Review April 2025

Volume 53

Unsung heroes One of the most significant discoveries of the 20th century, the Taung skull, established Africa as a permanent focal point for the study of humanity’s origins. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Raymond Dart’s paper published in Nature on 7 February 1925. Wits Review revisits the role of two alumni in this momentous discovery. | Where the trees are The first of a new photography series offers a delight for dendrophiles. Curiosities and wonders The Wits Adler Museum of Medicine offers up treasures from a bygone era. | Art meets science Karel Nel’s lifelong fascination with the two disciplines is captured beautifully in a new book. Satire and subversion Former Wits 雷速体育_雷速体育直播 editor