New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa’s southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first archaeological evidence that anatomically modern humans …read more Source:: Science
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Ecosystem changes following loss of great white sharks
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•A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa. The study found that the disappearance of great whites has …read more Source:: Science
Evolution: South Africa’s hominin record is a fair-weather friend
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•The fossil record of early hominins in South Africa is biased towards periods of drier climate, suggests a study of cave deposits. This finding suggests there are gaps in the …read more Source:: Science
Fragment of impacting asteroid recovered in Botswana
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•On Saturday, June 23, 2018, a team of experts from Botswana, South Africa, Finland and the United States of America recovered a fresh meteorite in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. …read more Source:: Science
Cranium of a four-million-year-old hominin shows similarities to that of modern humans
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•A cranium of a four-million-year-old fossil, that, in 1995 was described as the oldest evidence of human evolution in South Africa, has shown similarities to that of our own, when …read more Source:: Science
How honeybees do without males
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•An isolated population of honeybees, the Cape bees, living in South Africa has evolved a strategy to reproduce without males. A research team has sequenced the entire genomes of a …read more Source:: Science
Critics question fossil find, but South Africa basks in scientific glory
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•JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A dramatic fossil find has given South Africa reason to celebrate amid economic gloom, but some experts question its scientific significance. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews