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Unburied S2 Trailer: The Taung Child

Sound Africa by ARC

Sep 18, 20253:17Society & Culture

Unburied is back for season 2: The Taung Child. A century after the fossilised skull of a three-year-old surfaced at the Northern Limeworks in Taung, South Africa, we retrace how a newly found species, Australopithecus a...

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Unburied S2 Trailer: The Taung Child is an episode from Sound Africa by ARC. Unburied is back for season 2: The Taung Child. A century after the fossilised skull of a three-year-old surfaced at the Northern Limeworks in Taung, South Africa,...

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Published Sep 18, 2025, 3:17 long, audio available.

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Unburied is back for season 2: The Taung Child. A century after the fossilised skull of a three-year-old surfaced at the Northern Limeworks in Taung, South Africa, we retrace how a newly found species, Australopithecus africanus rooted human origins in Africa, while exposing the colonial prejudice that shaped its telling. Across four episodes, we trace the unnamed hands behind the find, revisit the Piltdown hoax that blinded Europe to Africa and rejected the Taung Skull, and reckon with the discoverer Raymond Dart’s conflicting legacy. The season dismantles the lone-explorer myth and asks what ethical, collaborative science can look like, on the ground, in public, and in the stories we pass on. The series is produced in partnership with The Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI) and draws on original research published in the South African Journal of Science special issue, “The Taung Child then and now: Commemorating its centenary in a postcolonial age.” Unburied is a production by ARC in partnership with the University of Cape Town and the Human Evolution Research Institute. Written, produced, and sound designed by Rasmus Bitsch and Neil Liddell. Hosted by Rasmus Bitsch, journalist and podcast creator. Support the Show ●

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Published Sep 18, 2025 and 3:17 long