He was asked to use statistical methods to try to determine whether the fossilised skull of a child, which had been found at Taung in Eastern Africa many years earlier, was a possible ancestor to human beings. Bronowski wrote:
Siya ay nagtanong sa statistical gumamit ng mga pamamaraan upang subukan upang matukoy kung ang fossilised bungo ng isang bata, kung saan nagkaroon na matatagpuan sa Silangang Africa Taung sa maraming mga taon na mas maaga, ay isang posibleng ninuno sa Human Beings. Bronowski wrote: