-3 days ago8 min readThe Importance of Ostrich Eggshell Beads In Precolonial African Exchange NetworksNew research shows hunter-gatherers maintained extensive exchange networks using ostrich eggshell beads When I was younger, we had...
-Nov 282 min readAncient DNA at Oakhurst Rock Shelter Reveals 9 000 Years of ContinuityWritten by Nina da Silva Archaeological research at the Oakhurst rock shelter, the site nestled in a sandstone cliff along South Africa’s...
-Sep 2712 min readAncient Zoroastrian Community May Have built Madagascan Ruins 1000 Years AgoNew research suggests that the Madagascan site of Teniky may have been built by a community of Zoroastrian and Iranian origins. Figure 1....
-May 164 min readAncient Stingray Sand Sculpture Found Along South Africa’s CoastThe discovery of a 130,000-year-old sand sculpture resembling a stingray sheds light on the artistic prowess of our ancestors