Virtual images reveal secrets of an ancient fossil's brain and inner ear: "Little Foot's" skull and a 3-D rendering of the endocast. Beaudet et al. 2019 Journal of Human EvolutionLittle Foot is one of the oldest known hominins in southern Africa. This almost complete skeleton, belonging to the genus Australopithecus, dates back more than three million years. It … [Read more...] about Virtual images reveal secrets of an ancient fossil’s brain and inner ear | The Conversation
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Wits team used lasers to redraw this ancient city near Joburg
Wits team used lasers to redraw this ancient city near Joburg: Wits team used lasers to redraw this ancient city near Joburg: LiDAR was used to “redraw” the remains of the city along the lower western slopes of the Suikerbosrand hills near Johannesburg. Picture: Karim Sadr There are lost cities all over the world. Flight Centre Travel Group: Heathrow introduces … [Read more...] about Wits team used lasers to redraw this ancient city near Joburg
New technology tells us which animal bones were used to make ancient tools | The Conversation
New technology tells us which animal bones were used to make ancient tools: Bone artefacts from various South African Stone Age archaeological sites have been interpreted as arrowheads. J. Bradfield (as published in Bradfield, J. & Choyke, A. 2016. Bone technology in Africa. In: H. Selin (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in … [Read more...] about New technology tells us which animal bones were used to make ancient tools | The Conversation
What it’s like curating ancient fossils: a palaeontologist shares her story | The Conversation
What it's like curating ancient fossils: a palaeontologist shares her story: "Mrs Ples" (who was actually very likely a "Mr") forms part of the collection at South Africa's Ditsong National Museum of Natural History. Flickr/FlowcommsNot many people can say their working days involve living in the past – but as a museum curator, that’s a big part of what … [Read more...] about What it’s like curating ancient fossils: a palaeontologist shares her story | The Conversation
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
