Fossil footprints and what they mean for hominin paleobiology

KG Hatala, NT Roach… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hominin footprints have not traditionally played prominent roles in paleoanthropological
studies, aside from the famous 3.66 Ma footprints discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania in the late …

Dating the Pleistocene hominin ichnosites on South Africa's Cape south coast

CW Helm, AS Carr, MG Lockley, HC Cawthra… - Ichnos, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Seven hominin ichnosites in aeolianites on the Cape south coast of South Africa have been
dated using Optically Stimulated Luminescence, yielding age estimates from Marine Isotope …

Technological innovation in the recovery and analysis of 3D forensic footwear evidence: Structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry

H Larsen, M Budka, MR Bennett - Science & Justice, 2021 - Elsevier
The recovery of three-dimensional footwear impressions at crime scenes can be a challenge
but can also yield important investigative data. Traditional methods involve casting 3D …

Large geometric patterns from the Middle Stone Age in aeolianites on the Cape south coast, South Africa

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Rock Art Research …, 2021 - search.informit.org
The making of abstract images is one means through which cognitive modernity can be
inferred. Archaeological research has demonstrated that palaeoart was created during the …

Possible Pleistocene pinniped Ichnofossils on South Africa's cape south coast

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra… - Journal of Coastal …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Helm, CW; Carr, AS; Cawthra, HC; De Vynck, JC; Dixon, M.; Stear, W.; Stuart, C.;
Stuart, M., and Venter, JA, 2022. Possible Pleistocene pinniped ichnofossils on South …

Possible shod-hominin tracks on South Africa's Cape coast

CW Helm, MG Lockley, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Ichnos, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
When and where did humans first fashion footwear? Ichnology holds the potential to answer
this unresolved question in palaeoanthropology. The global record of sites from which shod …

[HTML][HTML] Elephant seismicity: Ichnological and rock art perspectives from South Africa

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
An association between round or oval features and linear features has been noted in South
African Pleistocene coastal deposits, in apparent association with elephant tracks. The …

[PDF][PDF] Late Pleistocene vertebrate trace fossils of the Walker Bay Nature Reserve

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra… - Palaeontologia …, 2024 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
In the Walker Bay Nature Reserve, on South Africa's Cape southwest coast, a suite of 25
Pleistocene ichnosites has been identified in aeolianite deposits. Dating from one site using …

[HTML][HTML] Vulnerability of geoheritage sites in South Africa to climate change: Examples from the Eastern Cape Province

J Knight, SW Grab - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change and variability have potential to impact on all types of heritage sites globally,
through increasing weathering and erosion of geological and built heritage, changes in …

A purported Pleistocene sand sculpture from South Africa

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra… - Rock Art Research …, 2024 - search.informit.org
A purported cemented sand sculpture found in Pleistocene aeolianite deposits on the Cape
south coast of South Africa resembles a stingray (minus a tail) in outline. Symmetry is …