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(AFP) – South African paleontologist Phillip Tobias, an internationally respected scientist associated with some of the world’s most famous hominid fossil finds, died Thursday aged 86. Tobias, also an anti-apartheid activist, was renowned for his “dedication to a better understanding of the origin, behaviour and survival of humanity,” said the University of Witwatersrand, where he was professor emeritus. “A stalwart ...

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