Raymond Dart

Raymond Arthur Dart
Dart in 1968
Born	(1893-02-04)4 February 1893 Brisbane, Queensland
Died	22 November 1988(1988-11-22) (aged 95) Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Ipswich Grammar School, University of Queensland, University of Sydney
Known for	Australopithecus africanus
Spouses	Dora Tyree ​ ​ (m. 1921; div. 1934)​ Marjorie Frew ​ (m. 1936)​
Awards	Viking Fund Medal (1957)
Scientific career
Fields	Anatomist, anthropologist

Raymond Arthur Dart (4 February 1893 – 22 November 1988) was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his involvement in the 1924 discovery of the first fossil found of Australopithecus africanus, an extinct hominin closely related to humans, at Taung in the North of South Africa in the Northwest province.