New Study Identifies First Ever Dassie Trace Fossils Including the First Ever Buttock-Drag Mark Fossil Rock Hyraxes, aka Dassies. Credit: Baltana When I was nine years old, my family and I decided to go on a short vacation in a safari game park. I decided to go climbing on the large boulders that made up the foot of the cliff next to which we stayed. As I did so, I came upon a cave, or at least two or three large boulders that had created a sort of rock tent. Thrilled, I deci

Chemical analysis of preserved residues reveals oldest multicomponent poison used on arrows Micro-CT scan of the femur quiver with three...

At some point during your degree, you may need to apply for funding to help cover the costs of university fees, lab work, publication,...

Background In March 2024, I started with a groundbreaking research project titled: Rock Art Presentation: A comparative analysis between...

Coin found at Ibo, site C–400 site. Credit: Montero-Ruiz et al. 2025 My dad has a ‘piggy’ bank in his guest room. The modest glass jar is...

New Study Describes Discovery and Identification of Rare Aardvark Trace Fossils Image of an aardvark. Credit: SecretAfrica Last year, I...

Research Reveals First Archaeological Evidence of Antarctic Apex Predator in South African Pleistocene Deposits Worn down leopard seal...

New research shows hunter-gatherers maintained extensive exchange networks using ostrich eggshell beads When I was younger, we had...

Written by Nina da Silva Archaeological research at the Oakhurst rock shelter, the site nestled in a sandstone cliff along South Africa’s...

New research suggests that the Madagascan site of Teniky may have been built by a community of Zoroastrian and Iranian origins. Figure 1....

The discovery of a 130,000-year-old sand sculpture resembling a stingray sheds light on the artistic prowess of our ancestors