Lessons about history by twitter: two South Africans go head-to-head on slavery: shutterstock A recent exchange on Twitter between South African TV personality Sizwe Dhlomo and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, is worthy of close examination because it raises important questions about how history is viewed, how debates unfold on social media and how South Africans deal with … [Read more...] about Lessons about history by twitter: two South Africans go head-to-head on slavery | The Conversation
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Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago | The Conversation
Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago: A fossil tooth contains isotopes that offer clues of aridification. SuppliedAround 260 million years, the earth was dominated by mammal like reptiles called therapsids. The largest of these therapsids were the dinocephalians, a genus composed of several herbivorous and carnivorous species. Then … [Read more...] about Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago | The Conversation
How to overcome fierce debates about banning all trade in ivory | The Conversation
How to overcome fierce debates about banning all trade in ivory: ShutterstockAfrica’s elephants are under siege from rampant poaching for their ivory. Everyone agrees that Africa’s elephants need protecting from the ongoing slaughter. But countries with wild elephant populations (range states) disagree vehemently on a central policy issue: should we … [Read more...] about How to overcome fierce debates about banning all trade in ivory | The Conversation
SA News: Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s bus strike
Everything you need to know about Wednesday's bus strike: SARPBAC includes the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union‚ Transport and Allied Workers Union‚ the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the Tirisano Transport and Services Workers Union. Employees want a 12% wage increase ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Lallana heads to South Africa … [Read more...] about SA News: Everything you need to know about Wednesday’s bus strike
Ancient DNA changes everything we know about the evolution of elephants | The Conversation
Ancient DNA changes everything we know about the evolution of elephants: Paleoloxodon antiquus has been extinct for 120 000 years. By Apotea (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsFor a long time, zoologists assumed that there were only two species of elephant: one Asian and one African. Then genetic analyses suggested … [Read more...] about Ancient DNA changes everything we know about the evolution of elephants | The Conversation
