(Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, 1965-12) Freedman, Leonard
A very considerable number of Primate specimens was excavated by the
University of California African Expedition from the various deposits at Bolt's
farm, Taung and Witkrans, South Africa. These specimens are all now housed
in the Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley, where
they were examined by Dr. H. B. S. Cooke in 1957-1958 and then sent to the
writer for description. The remaining fauna and the geology of the sites are
discussed in an unpublished paper by Cooke. The most important of the new
primate specimens are described and classified below. The measurements used
are from Freedman (1957); the photographs are oriented on the occlusal plane.