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Remains of a barn owl (Tyto alba) from the Dinaledi Chamber, Rising Star Cave, South Africa
South African Journal of Science, 2018 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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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.African Savannah Elephants from captivity were rewilded and their movement patterns were compared with those of rehabilitated and wild elephants during the 3‐year soft release. The movement patterns of the captive elephants changed after release and were less different from most of the movement patterns of rehabilitated elephants and some of the ...
Murphy Tladi +3 more
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HEAD IN THE STARS, FEET ON THE GROUND: Scale and Astronomy Initiatives in Southern Africa
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 571-596, November 2025.ABSTRACT This article explores the evolution of radio astronomy in South Africa and Madagascar, focusing on how “scale” functions as both a way of understanding the world and marking differences in existence. In outer space research, the ground is crucial but often overlooked.
HANNA NIEBER, DAVIDE CHINIGÒ
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 The transition from pre-human to human has, for a long time, been associated with tool use and construction. The implicit self-definition of humans in this is that of planned control over life world.
Detlev L. Tönsing
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Palaeodemographics of individuals in Dinaledi Chamber using dental remains
South African Journal of Science, 2018 Hominin skeletal remains from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa, represent a minimum of 15 individuals of the extinct species Homo naledi. We examined the dental material from this sample in order to assess the life-history stages of individuals in the ...
Debra R. Bolter +3 more
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Human‐like enamel growth in Homo naledi
American Journal of Biological AnthropologyAbstractObjectivesA modern pattern (rate and duration) of dental development occurs relatively recently during human evolution. Given the temporal overlap of Homo naledi with the first appearance of fossil Homo sapiens in Africa, this small‐bodied and small‐brained hominin presents an opportunity to elucidate the evolution of enamel growth in the ...
Mahoney, Patrick +9 more
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A History of Research on Human Evolution in South Africa from 1924 to 2016
Revue de Primatologie, 2017 South Africa has a rich palaeo-anthropological heritage. The very first Plio-Pleistocene specimen of Australopithecus, from the site of Taung, was described by Raymond Dart in 1925.
John Francis Thackeray
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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo
, 2015 Homo naledi es una especie previamente desconocida de homínido extinto descubierta dentro de la Cámara Dinaledi del sistema de cuevas Rising Star, en el Cradle of Humankind, Sudáfrica. Esta especie se caracteriza por tener una masa corporal y estatura similar a las poblaciones humanas de cuerpo pequeño, pero un volumen endocraneal pequeño similar al de
Berger, Lee +46 more
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PaleoAnthropologyThe Middle Pleistocene hominin fossil record is taxonomically diverse, with Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalesis, Homo naledi, and Homo erectus, all existing at various times during this period. These species are generally recognized as valid, but there is
Lauren Schroeder, Klara Komza
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