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 …

On August 24, 1965, Theodor Nelson presented a paper to the Association for Computing
Machinery national conference in which he introduced the word" hypertext" to refer to" a …

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 production of painted, etched or engraved designs on cave walls or other surfaces is
recognized as a major cognitive step in human evolution. Such intentional designs, which …

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 …

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 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 …

Pareidolia (seeing meaningful things in patterns) is regarded as a concept that can help
identify and interpret rock art. However, its usefulness is deceptive and, consequently, can …

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 …