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Cradle of Humankind

Itumeleng Molefe follows in his father's footsteps to unearth the links to humanity’s deep past

Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Itumeleng Molefe follows in his father's footsteps to unearth the links to humanity’s deep past

by: Julia Evans

Wits reopens Sterkfontein Caves — ‘a time capsule of identity’ — after 2022 flooding damage

Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Wits reopens Sterkfontein Caves — ‘a time capsule of identity’ — after 2022 flooding damage

by: Julia Evans

Global citizen scientists dig it: unearthing SA’s paleo tourism

South Africa, Maverick Life

Global citizen scientists dig it: unearthing SA’s paleo tourism

by: Bridget Hilton-Barber

Loaded for Bear: Shameful hat-trick - three SA World Heritage Sites are threatened by sewage

Business Maverick, South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Loaded for Bear: Shameful hat-trick - three SA World Heritage Sites are threatened by sewage

by: Ed Stoddard

Mike Crewe-Brown’s Wicked way with pork

TGIFood

Mike Crewe-Brown’s Wicked way with pork

by: Marie-Lais Emond

Greater Cradle Nature Reserve — a surprising origin safari to the roots of humankind

South Africa, Maverick Life, DM168, Maverick News

Greater Cradle Nature Reserve — a surprising origin safari to the roots of humankind

by: Heather Robertson

A Sewer Runs Through It — trout, barbel and the microcosm of state failure in the Cradle of Humankind

Business Maverick, South Africa, Our Burning Planet

A Sewer Runs Through It — trout, barbel and the microcosm of state failure in the Cradle of Humankind

by: Ed Stoddard

Sole survivors – South African scientists follow fossil tracks for clues about ancient shoes

Sci-Tech, South Africa, Maverick Life, DM168, Maverick News

Sole survivors – South African scientists follow fossil tracks for clues about ancient shoes

by: Charles Helm

SA Heritage Resources Agency defends decision to allow rare fossils to travel with space tourists

South Africa, World, Maverick News

SA Heritage Resources Agency defends decision to allow rare fossils to travel with space tourists

by: Shaun Smillie

Renowned South African palaeontologist Bob Brain dies at 92

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Renowned South African palaeontologist Bob Brain dies at 92

by: Shaun Smillie

Scientists discover burials, symbols by extinct species in Cradle of Humankind

Sci-Tech, South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

Scientists discover burials, symbols by extinct species in Cradle of Humankind

by: Elsabé Brits

New study challenges the age of oldest cave at Cradle of Humankind

Sci-Tech, Our Burning Planet, Maverick News

New study challenges the age of oldest cave at Cradle of Humankind

by: Elsabé Brits