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Stabilisation of deposits and maintenance work at Matjes River Rock Shelter
26 Aug 2023
SA back in contention for being the place where our species originated following new Sterkfontein Caves discovery
26 Aug 2023
A section of the Sterkfontein Caves has been found to be more than a million years older than previously thought — a discovery that is likely to shake up our family tree.
Surgical amputation of a limb 31,000 years ago in Borneo
26 Aug 2023
Report on the discovery of skeletal remains of a young individual from Borneo who had the distal third of their left lower leg surgically amputated, probably as a child, at least 31,000 years ago
Lee Berger's livestream talk
26 Aug 2023
Professor Lee Berger will explore some of the greatest discoveries of the last two decades in the search for human origins and was featured in a livestream on 1st December. You can watch it here if you missed it by clicking the link below:
Dr Jeremy Hollmann RARI Seminar 4 April 2023 reporting on paintings of elephants in San/Bushman rock art, Zimbabwe
26 Aug 2023
Dr Hollmann recently gave a talk about his research in Zimbabwe related to paintings of elephants. To view his talk on Youtube, please click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH2_fbiQuvg&ab_channel=RockArtResearchInstitute
News on Little Muck Shelter
26 Aug 2023
Where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet, forming the modern border between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, lies a hill that hardly stands out from the rest. One could easily pass it without realising its historical significance.
Renowned South African palaeontologist Bob Brain dies at 92
26 Aug 2023
Dear members, we received the sad news about the passing of Bob Brain who was President of the ArchSoc in 1968-70 and an Honorary Life Member. Shaun Smillie published an obituary honoring him in the Daily Maverick and you can read the article via this link: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/
Job position announcement with the Anthropology Department at New York University
26 Aug 2023
Dear members, please be advised that a tenure-track position in Archaeology is open with the Anthropology Department at New York University. Regional specialization open, preference for scholars working on sociopolitical complexity in the Holocene and Later Pleistocene records.
YouTube videos on recent findings
26 Aug 2023
Dear members, we have listed some videos that are freely available on YouTube for you that relate to some of the recent debates and findings that have been circulating in the media.