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Our next #CentenaryObject is 'the biggest handaxe ever found'! 25 June, Dr Matt Caruana is our guest speaker; he will talk about 'The Life and Times of Acheulean Hominins: Technology, Cognition and Sociality' #Wits100 #stonetools #acheulean Wits Geography Archaeology & Environmental Studies GENUS UJ Palaeo-Research Institute

A recording of our recent workshop on ‘How to write for a scholarly journal’ is available here: bit.ly/3Q8UMQZ Don’t miss out on future workshops: bit.ly/3mBuh98 #workshop #postgraduate #writingtips

REMINDER: AWHF is now welcoming applications from heritage professionals to evaluate the 2022/2023 Moses Mapesa and Conservation grant. Deadline: June 19. 👉More information and application form bit.ly/3x9horH . #awhf #MyAfricanHeritage #conservation

We are very excited this week to have Dr Kim Tommy joining us on the 23rd June 2022 at 16:00 BST to talk to us about 'The Cradle of More Than Humankind: Perspectives on Palaeosciences in South Africa'. If you'd like to join, please email [email protected]! #CAHO #Palaeosciences

Call for interest for UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Mentorship Programme for African World Heritage Professionals🌍 📅Duration: July 22 - January 23 ⚠️Application Deadline: 30 June 22 (Midnight Paris Time) 📬Application Materials (CV and motivation letter) to be sent to [email protected]

Here is an opportunity for Great Zimbabwe World Heritage Site Field School, good luck to everyone who will apply🤍

A stunning proposal for revision of the age of the Sterkfontein Australopithecus africanus fossils: Instead of 2.6–2.1 million, they may be 3.7–3.3 million years old. This would reconfigure the role of South Africa in early hominin evolution. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

First paper in our (Huw Groucutt) co-edited special edition on Standardization in the Stone Age is out. Here (shorturl.at/rJN79) Marlize Lombard presents a standardized approach to javelin identification arguing for early origins in Southern Africa & possibly the Levant

This talk could be of interest to some of you Sinyati Robinson Mark Ms. Chiku Neema Munisi Richard Bates Prof John P Cooper. أ. د. جون كوبر Miza Alex Bigimarwa Edward Pollard @DonaldHerd3 @AREYSIL Prof Andrew Wilson Visualising Heritage Tom Sparrow ASAPA Eastern African Archaeology Online Archaeology Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA AOC Archaeology Group

Hey future archaeologists🧗! Learn more about rock art & artefacts👣and get some advice on how to become an archaeologist. Joshua Kumbani from Wits University details his interesting journey to archaeology!😃 Read the full interview on the link below. sciencespaza.org/files/6216/534…

A new 📖 co-authored by SAAH Dept. Head & Asst. Prof of Museum Studies Dr. Porchia Moore and the incluseum collaborators is a must-read for folks committed to making museum experiences inclusive + meaningful for visitors + staff. #UFResearch #ChangeTheMuseum bit.ly/TransformingIn…

Humans in #SouthAfrica thrived through the Toba Supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago, say HERI researchers Jayne & colleagues in this nature letter: go.nature.com/3aXUxIz

Really delighted to share our research on the Miocene ape Afropithecus, and how oxygen isotopes help us study modern and fossil primate ecology in Africa, just published in PNAS: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Fossil remains of ancient humans from 40,0000 - 20,000 years ago show our origins are more complex than previously thought. Read new #research into hybridization by HERI Co-Director Rebecca Ackermann & Katerina Harvati The Harvati lab at University of Tübingen in NatureEcoEvo: bit.ly/3Rb5SoI

Congratulations for this excellent piece! ASAPA

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The #PalaeontologicalTrust PAST AFRICA is happy to announce a CEO Vacancy. It is an exciting opportunity and we encourage those with qualifications to apply. More information on the post and how to apply are available on this link actionappointments.co.za/vacancies/past… Elgidius Ichumbaki, Ph.D. Urithi Wetu

Join us for our #PhDthesis into a book workshop, hosted by our Editorial Board. Details below.

We have extended the deadline to Sept 30 for our #PhD position on #lithic technology during the #SouthAfrican MSA! It is a great opportunity to work with professors at both Wits University Det humanistiske fakultet Contact us with any questions! #Archaeology #PhDposition jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

In our ongoing heritage month series we recognise the abundant heritage resources in our land; from the prehistorical sites and landscapes, to the vast fossil fauna, flora and material culture which form part of our identity as humanity. Watch this space for more on our heritage