2 million year old teeth reveal a diet of bark, leaves, sedges, grasses, fruits…[image above is a palm phytolith from dental calculus].
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04 Mar 2023
A new species and the single largest fossil hominid find in Africa was announced by Wits University in September
04 Mar 2023
Human behaviour, as we know it, emerged earlier than previously thought, according to a team of Wits and international researchers.
04 Mar 2023
Genomic variation in seven Khoe-San groups reveals adaptation and complex African history.
04 Mar 2023
A 2 million year-old fox has been found at Malapa and is another new species from this extraordinarily rich fossil site in the Cradle of Humankind.
04 Mar 2023
New evidence from Wits on how the ancient hominin with a human smile, walked, chewed and moved 2 million years ago in the area which is now the Cradle of Humankind.
04 Mar 2023
Three tiny ear bones, the rarest fossils, from two hominids at Swartkrans in the Cradle of Humankind, provide clues about evolution.
04 Mar 2023
Follow an intrepid team of spelunking archaeologists in a high-tech expedition deep under the Cradle of Humankind.
04 Mar 2023
At about 3 million years, Little Foot is the oldest and most complete Australopithecine in the world.
04 Mar 2023
High precision microfocus X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) of the Taung skull disproves it shows human-like infant development