THE CONVERSATION Stone tools from a cave on South Africa’s coast speak of life at the end of the Ice Age 5 min 1 By Sara Watson
THE CONVERSATION Rock art and tomb discoveries in Morocco reveal ancient connections to the wider world 5 min 0 By Hamza Benattia
The Conversation Tomb of Egyptian pharaoh is first found in Luxor since Tutankhamun – here’s how we know who lay inside 2 min 0 By Claire Isabella Gilmour
PREHISTORIC TREASURE TROVE Glimpses of Stone Age ‘workshops’ — archaeologists shed light on hunter-gatherer toolmaking 7 min 2 By Yves Vanderhaeghen
FIELDWORK AND LUXURY Global citizen scientists dig it: unearthing SA’s paleo tourism 6 min 2 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
THE CONVERSATION African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea 4 min 0 By Abi Stone and Dominic Stratford
IN PICTURES One million children praying the Rosary for Unity and Peace, and more from around the world 6 min 0 By Maverick Life Editors
THE CONVERSATION Fossil snake traces: another world-first find on South Africa’s Cape south coast 3 min 1 By Charles Helm
WRITING’S ON THE WALL Tracing lines to a pre-colonial past by uncovering Mpumalanga’s rock art 7 min 2 By Maru Attwood
SECRETS OF THE DEAD Scientists discover burials, symbols by extinct species in Cradle of Humankind 9 min 5 By Elsabé Brits
ANCIENT MYSTERY SOLVED What killed Ballito Boy some 2,000 years ago, and why this is relevant today 8 min 0 By Yves Vanderhaeghen
THE CONVERSATION The long and satisfying 28,000-year history of the dildo 5 min 4 By Esmé Louise James
THE CONVERSATION Five things science has told us about the mummy of Tutankhamun 5 min 0 By Jenefer Metcalfe
THE CONVERSATION Rock stars: how a group of scientists in South Africa rescued a rare 500kg chunk of human history 4 min 1 By Charles Helm and Jan Carlo De Vynck
BETTER SCIENCE OP-ED Why we need diverse storytellers of human evolution 6 min 1 By Robyn Pickering, Rebecca Ackermann and Wendy Black
THE CONVERSATION Secrets in the genes – how ancient DNA sheds light on social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago 5 min 0 By Elizabeth Sawchuk, Jessica Thompson and Mary Prendergast
THE CONVERSATION Emperor moths in the rock art of the Namib Desert shed new light on shamanic ritual 3 min 0 By John Kinahan
THE CONVERSATION A long view sheds fresh light on the history of the Yoruba people in West Africa 4 min 0 By Akinwumi Ogundiran
