Although tortoises (Testudinidae) are a familiar clade of reptiles, with a body fossil record
extending to at least the Eocene, hitherto no tortoise ichnosites have been described. Here …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Three new Pleistocene hominin tracksites have been identified on the Cape south coast of
South Africa, one in the Garden Route National Park and two in the Goukamma Nature …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Humans on beaches and dunes today love creating patterns in the sand or sculptures (eg
sandcastles). Such activity has clearly been enjoyed by humans for many generations …

A trackway and burrows of a small rodent-sized bounding mammal (attributed to the Cape
gerbil, Gerbilliscus afra) and a traceway of a large arachnid (spider) from the Pleistocene …