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News

Ancient Survivor Reveals its Secret: First-Ever Egg of a Mammal Ancestor Discovered

The Karoo Fossil Finder: Discovering life before the dinosaurs in South Africa’s heartland

150 years of synapsid paleoneurology: the origins of the mammalian brain, behavior, sense organs and physiology

Professor Jonah Choiniere, GENUS grantee from the Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand wins the 2025 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Carroll Award

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Meeting, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Announcements

Continuing a Legacy: GENUS Director Professor Jennifer Botha Inducted as RSSAf Fellow

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 6 Nov 2024

Announcements

Dr Sandiso Mnguni awarded the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Scholarship

GENUS • 30 Jul 2024

Announcements

HUMANITY: Reimagining the story of human evolution

GENUS • 16 Oct 2023

Announcements

Celebrating the career of Professor Bruce Sidney Rubidge

GENUS • 21 Jul 2023

Announcements

Celebrating the Legacy of Charles Kimberlin “Bob” Brain – A Trailblazer

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 19 Jun 2023

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