Boskop Man was once thought to be a unique and ancient hominid genus. The possible genus was based on a skull discovered in 1913. The term "Boskop Man" is no longer used by anthropologists. The first Boskop skull was discovered in 1913 by Frederick FitzSimons; many related subsequent skulls were discovered by other prominent paleontologists of the time, including Robert Broom, Alexander Galloway, William Pycraft, Sidney Haughton, Raymond Dart, and others. The popular science writer Loren Eiseley described them in his book "The Immense Journey":... ten thousand years ago. The man of the future, with the big brain, the smallteeth.... He lived in Africa. His brain was bigger than your brain. Hisface was straight and small, almost a child?s face. When the skull is studiedin projection and ratios computed, we find that these fossil South Africanfolk, generally called ?Boskop? or ?Boskopoids? after the site of firstdiscovery, have the amazing cranium-to

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