Visitors’ views of human origins after visiting the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site [PDF]
The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, west of Johannesburg, was designated in 1999 because of its importance as a locality where numerous hominid fossils have been discovered since the 1930s.
Anthony Lelliott
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Le renouveau de la « French connection » avec l’Afrique du Sud (1995-2015)
French palaeontological research in South Africa has been revived after a protocol of collaboration was signed between institutions. Several fruitful projects were initiated especially in Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene palaeontology as evidenced by the ...
Brigitte Senut
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF GEOLOGICAL FEATURES TO VISITOR EXPERIENCES: COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO GEOTOURISM ATTRACTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]
Geotourism offers the opportunity to promote geoconservation as well as an understanding of geoheritage and -diversity. Though sites may have high quality geological resources, visitors to these sites have varied interests and motivations to visit.
Elizabeth Ann DU PREEZ
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Eco-effective fashion theory: how to implement the Cradle to Cradle® concept into fashion and clothing design?: the designer's professional, economic, social and enviromental role [PDF]
vaatetussuunnitteluun ja muotiin. Tutkimukseni pyrkii vastaamaan kahteen kysymykseen: 1. Kuinka soveltaa Cradle to Cradle® konsepti vaatesuunnitteluun ja muotiin? 2.
Kupsala, Heta
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Challenges associated with living in karst environments, such as the historical Cradle of Humankind
Die unieke geologiese aard van die Wieg-van-die-Mens-Wêrelderfenisgebied (Cradle of Humankind) noord van Krugersdorp, bied sekere uitdagings vir die mense wat daar woon en werk.
J. Francois Durand
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Pickering et al. (Nature 2018;565:226–229) utilised calcium carbonate flowstone deposits (i.e. speleothems) from eight Pliocene and Pleistocene South African Cradle of Humankind cave sites to propose that biases were created within the fossil record due ...
Dominic Stratford +4 more
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An album of 17 tracks made for The Cradle of Fire project by composer and musicologist Kim Cunio. The content is distinct from the Cradle of Fire film‘s soundtrack, although there is some crossover: track samples, bells, melodies, scrapings.
Scarborough, Diana +3 more
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Apocalyptic Collapse and the Absurd in Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle
This article analyzes the way Kurt Vonnegut develops an aesthetics of the grotesque to examine the irresistible attraction humankind feels for self-destruction.
Ruth Fialho
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Mongoose Manor: Herpestidae remains from the Early Pleistocene Cooper’s D locality in the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa [PDF]
Mongooses (Herpestidae) are an important component of African ecosystems, and a common constituent of southern African fossil assemblages. Despite this, mongoose fossils from the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa, have received relatively little
Cohen, Brigette +2 more
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Remains of a barn owl (Tyto alba) from the Dinaledi Chamber, Rising Star Cave, South Africa
Excavations during November 2013 in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa uncovered over 1550 specimens of a new hominin, Homo naledi. A total of four modern bird bones were collected from the surface of the Dinaledi Chamber during the first phase of the ...
Ashley Kruger, Shaw Badenhorst
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