Tag: Prof Lee Berger
Cancer discovered in fossils in South Africa
The rise of cancer in humans is often attributed to modern lifestyles. But two recent discoveries in fossils in South Africa show that cancer...
New fox species found at Malapa
South Africa’s renowned Malapa cave at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site in Gauteng has yielded yet another discovery – a two-million-year old previously unknown fossil fox.
• Fossils tell the mammal story
A fun approach to science teaching
Two women from Wits University’s Institute for Human Evolution are inspiring a new generation of scientists in South Africa by reaching out to children who have not had much exposure to career opportunities in the discipline.
• Fossils tell the mammal story