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In short, the evolutionary theory teaches that Australopithecus "Southern Ape" is the first chain in the alleged human descent. The first was discovered by a South African anatomy professor named Raymond Dart, and his discovery was nicknamed the "Tuang child." By the early 1970's, his discovery was dismissed as a small, extinct ape.

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