Predation is one of the most recurrent sources of bone accumulations. The influence of
predation is widely studied for large mammal sites where humans, acting as predators …

The Rising Star cave system has produced abundant fossil hominin remains within the
Dinaledi Chamber, representing a minimum of 15 individuals attributed to Homo naledi …

The 'African Cultural Heritage and Landscape Database'project, initiated and directed by the
senior author and administered by Aluka (www. aluka. org), is aimed at the creation of a …

We present here the results of 44 paleomagnetic measurements, and single cosmogenic
burial and optically stimulated luminescence ages for the Earlier Stone Age deposits from …

In marked contrast to East Africa, where the emergence of stone tool technology (w2. 6 Ma)
is well documented at a wide range of sites (Semaw, 2000; Schick and Toth, 2006; Hovers …

Located close to the Kalahari in central South Africa is a large dolomitic cave called
Wonderwerk, in the stratified sediments of which there is evidence for fire-making that …

Vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and FTIR) has played an important role in identifying
pigments, substrata and deterioration products in rock art studies worldwide: in the …

In 2018, we initiated renewed excavation of the Later Stone Age (LSA) deposits at
Wonderwerk Cave. Here we describe the goals and initial results of the first two seasons of …

Rodentia is the most species-rich order among mammals. The Republic of South Africa
harbours a high rodent diversity whose taxonomy and phylogeny have been extensively …

The Northern Cape Province and neighboring North West Province (Bokone Bophirima) of
South Africa provided the first scientific evidence for the centrality of Africa for hominin …