Useful snippets from our guests for fellow travellers Posted on 30 November 20235 June 2024 Jozi, the city we love to hate has woken up and embraced spring and the warmer weather with a frenetic… Read more Human Ancestors: Part II. Posted on 21 February 201922 May 2024 Our human cousins Some time ago I wrote a blog which looked at how humans (the genus Homo) first evolved… Read more Pop songs, dynamite and lost property – human stories from paleontology Posted on 12 February 201927 May 2024 How did Lucy get her name? Do you know where Lucy the 3.2 million year old Australopithecus Aferensis got her name… Read more An idiots’ guide to the origins of humankind: part 1 Posted on 16 January 201927 May 2024 Human ancestory: fraught with complexity Africa and South Africa in particular, have been the site and source of many ground-breaking… Read more Four days (five nights) in Joburg and still lots to see Posted on 25 August 20175 June 2024 From Joburg CBD, to the birth of humankind to Sandton glass status symbols – they saw it all Parakeets, green… Read more Wits Scientists reveal new species of hominids Posted on 10 April 201028 May 2024 Professor Lee Berger has described and named a new species of hominid Australopithecus sediba Read more