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Malapa platform launched
15 September 2014“The Malapa structure is perhaps one of the most remarkable structures ever to be placed over a palaeontological or archaeological site”
Continue readingNew interpretation of Taung Child skull
27 August 2014High precision microfocus X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) of the Taung skull disproves it shows human-like infant development
Continue readingNew dates for Old Bones
14 March 2014At about 3 million years, Little Foot is the oldest and most complete Australopithecine in the world
Continue readingThe Rising Star Expedition
24 November 2013Follow an intrepid team of spelunking archaeologists in a high-tech expedition deep under the Cradle of Humankind
Continue readingTiny, very rare ear bones discovered
19 May 2013Three tiny ear bones, the rarest fossils, from two hominids at Swartkrans in the Cradle of Humankind, provide clues about evolution
Continue readingMore flesh on Sediba
12 April 2013New 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
Continue readingAncient Fox Fossil Found
23 January 2013A 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
Continue readingInsights from DNA studies of Khoe-San
1 November 2012Genomic variation in seven Khoe-San groups reveals adaptation and complex African history
Continue readingModern Culture 44 000 years ago
31 July 2012Human behaviour, as we know it, emerged earlier than previously thought, according to a team of Wits and international researchers
Continue readingNew Sediba Fossil Find
13 July 2012South African scientists share our country’s latest fossil discovery with the world using live virtual technology.
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