ocr: Bone collector The Taung child skull is displayed with: an image ofar modern African crowned eagle, known to attack prey weighing as much as 40 pounds. These birds regularly kill pri- mates, according to British biologist Steven Parry. New analysis oft the skull-and the animal remains found withi it- -leads paleo- anthropologists Lee Berger and Ron Clarke to reason that: about 2.5 million yearsa ago asimilar raptor added this hominid skull to its refuse heap.