THE CONVERSATION Fossils show colonies of reptiles lived communally 250 million years ago: New South African study 4 min 0 By Roger Malcolm Harris Smith
THE CONVERSATION What was the biggest dinosaur that ever lived? Here’s how scientists make those gigantic measurements 4 min 0 By Nic Rawlence
The Conversation Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape 4 min 1 By Guy Plint and Charles Helm
SCIENCE Dreams and discoveries: how a young fossil enthusiast is shaping paleontology in Graaff-Reinet 4 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
ANCIENT FOOTPRINTS (PART 1) Citizen science, master trackers and deciphering the sands of time 7 min 8 By Don Pinnock
ESCAPE Nieu Bethesda II: Big mountains, little fish and old fossils 7 min 1 By Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit
ESCAPE Nieu Bethesda I — exploring the dusty magic of a tiny Karoo mountain village 6 min 3 By Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit
THE CONVERSATION Fossil snake traces: another world-first find on South Africa’s Cape south coast 3 min 1 By Charles Helm
PALEO DATING New study challenges the age of oldest cave at Cradle of Humankind 5 min 0 By Elsabé Brits
FOSSIL HERITAGE South African scientists track down creature from 250 million years ago 4 min 1 By Shaun Smillie
THE CONVERSATION New discovery – fossilised giant zebra tracks found in South Africa 3 min 0 By Charles Helm
CREATURE OF THE LAGOON Remains of prehistoric 3-metre fish discovered in Eastern Cape 4 min 0 By Shaun Smillie
ROVING REPORTERS ‘Greatest age of exploration’ — fossil finder Lee Berger recalls personal journey as world awaits ground-breaking new find 6 min 2 By Matthew Hattingh and Fred Kockott
ROCK SOLID WARNING A past buried in the Karoo town of Sutherland holds portents for our survival as a species 4 min 1 By Jamie Venter
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 Flipper traces reveal the presence of ancient seals on South Africa’s coast 4 min 0 By Charles Helm
THE CONVERSATION Footprints take science a step closer to understanding southern Africa’s dinosaurs 4 min 1 By Miengah Abrahams
THE CONVERSATION Mystery solved: When our mammal ancestors became warm-blooded 4 min 2 By Julien Benoit, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Ricardo Miguel Nóbrega Araújo and Romain David
THE CONVERSATION I was part of the team that found the Homo naledi child’s skull: how we did it 1 min 0 By Marina Elliott
THE CONVERSATION Australia’s oldest dinosaur was a peaceful vegetarian, not a fierce predator 3 min 0 By Steven W. Salisbury and Anthony Romilio
