Date of Birth
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14-October-1925
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Place of Birth
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Durban
(South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal)
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Nationality
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South Africa
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Also know as
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Phillip Vallentine Tobias
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Profession
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Paleoanthropologist
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Phillip Vallentine Tobias FRS was a South African palaeoanthropologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was best known for his work at South Africa's hominid fossil sites. He was also an activist for the eradication of apartheid and gave numerous anti-apartheid speeches at protest rallies and also to academic audiences.
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