Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on Thursday, 7 June 2012, leading South African paleoanthropologist, Phillip Tobias, died after a long illness at age 86;
2) further notes that Professor Tobias completed a medical BSc degree and lectured at the Wits Medical School before getting his doctorate in medicine, palaeoanthropology and genetics, an honorary doctorate at Cambridge University and in 1959 he became head of anatomy at the Wits Medical School; 3) acknowledges that he shared a lifelong passion for the study of man and human ancestry with his colleagues at Wits University and the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site;
4) further acknowledges that he started the current programme of excavation at Sterkfontein in 1966, which is now the longest continuously active palaeoanthropological dig anywhere in the world and has produced over 1 000 hominid fossils;
5) recognises that this gentleman, great academic, revered teacher and prolific publisher has a huge regard for humanity and his active struggle against apartheid made him a true son of the South African soil; and
6) conveys its heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
Agreed to.