Teenager charged with murder postponed for Mental Health evaluation
An 18-year-old accused of murdering his 3-year-old brother by allegedly feeding him rat poison has had his court case ...
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Alleged baby rapist and murderer from Welverdiend to return to court for sentencing
The man from Welverdiend who is accused of raping and murdering his baby daughter has pleaded guilty in the Pretoria High Court.
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Meat wasn't on the menu for our ancient hominin ancestors
New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.
The fossil skull that rocked the world—the Taung find's complex colonial legacy 100 years later
In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone ...
In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago
Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — a first for human evolution studies.
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Ape-Like Human Ancestors Were Largely Vegetarian 3.3 Million Years Ago in South Africa, Fossil Teeth Reveal
The specimen was uncovered in the Sterkfontein caves, South Africa, where the studied teeth were also recovered. Bernhard Zipfel / Wits University “Meat likely played a significant role in the ...
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Rewriting Prehistory: Archaeologists Have Discovered That Our Ancient Ancestors Were Vegetarian
The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...
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Was Meat On The Menu For Early Human Ancestors? Study Says...
The researchers analyzed seven fossilized molars found in the Sterkfontein cave near Johannesburg, part of South Africa's "Cradle of Humankind" area known for yielding early hominin fossils.
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Ancient tooth enamel shatters long-held beliefs about early human diet
The research, published in Science, focused on specimens from the Sterkfontein cave near Johannesburg, part of South Africa’s “Cradle of Humankind,” an area renowned for its abundant early hominin ...
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Early humans had surprising diets 3.5 million years ago
The findings challenge our previous assumptions about early hominin diets. These fossils were recovered from the Sterkfontein Caves near Johannesburg, a site rich in early hominin remains. By ...
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Ancient tooth enamel shatters long-held beliefs about early human diet
Four different Australopithecus crania that were found in the Sterkfontein caves, South Africa. (Credit: Purdue University / Wits University) When living things digest food and process nutrients, they ...
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Vaal Dam Levels Soar Above 50%, South Africans Excited
The department's spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, said the dam experienced a downward spiral. The department was planning on releasing water from the Sterkfontein Dam to boost its level, but he said the ...