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Palaeoanthropology Makes South Africa Proud: Local Fossil Record Sheds New Light on Human Evolution

What Mozambique’s ancient organic-walled microfossils reveal about the Permo-Triassic extinction

A New Fossil Tortoise from Langebaanweg, South Africa

What Do Bone Scans Reveal About a Tiny Jurassic Crocodile from South Africa?

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

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Turning Point: New Insights into the Shape Variation of Middle Stone Age Tools

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 11 Oct 2023

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Slow growth in crocodile ancestors pre-dated their semi-aquatic lifestyle

GENUS • 15 Sep 2023

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Journey into the Untold Stories of Archaeology Students in the 1970s

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 31 Aug 2023

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Decoding the Past Using Mice and Machines

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 25 Aug 2023

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Breathing Life into the Past: The Mesmerising World of Prehistoric Art

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 7 Aug 2023

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Exploring the Fossils of the Free State

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 24 Jul 2023

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