What he was shown was presumed to be a fossilized monkey skull, that had been blasted out while collecting limestone.
The block of rock had been kept as a souvenir in the mine managers office.
But it didn't take long for Dart with his expertise in brain anatomy to recognize that this was no ordinary monkey brain molded in the block of rock.
I always learn new things from your posts and I know this particularly one will be amazing.
Though the information presented here isn't sufficient, I'll try to read this up and grasp the full gist behind this.
I love reading science related articles and evolutionary stuffs - and this even embeds both topics inside, meaning I'll even learn more from it.
Thanks @gavvet for sharing this as you've just provided me a topic to research on tonight.
Happy Steeming
Edit: I've grasped the topic now - Taung Child