
Elsabe Brits
Freelance Science and Health Journalist at Freelance
Freelance Science and Health Journalist at Daily Maverick
Science & Health journalist. Consultant @ The Story of Emily Museum. Biographer of Emily Hobhouse, pacifist & humanitarian during the Anglo-Boer War.
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1 week ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Elsabe Brits
Researchers have extracted 2 million-year-old protein remains from ancient pre-human teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability. Researchers have extracted 2 million-year-old protein remains from ancient pre-human teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability. The teeth are from Paranthropus robustus, an extinct hominin genus that emerged and evolved in Africa between 2.8 and 1.2 Ma. It is considered to be a side branch of our evolutionary tree.
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3 weeks ago |
litnet.co.za | Elsabe Brits
Elsabé Brits skryf ’n gereelde rubriek vir LitNet. Daar is jaarliks tussen 7 000 en 12 000 seisoenale griepsterftes in Suid-Afrika, en meer as 40 000 mense moet in die hospitaal behandel word. Jy kan egter voorkomend optree teen griep en ander oordraagbare siektes deur entstowwe te neem, skryf Elsabé Brits. Daar is ’n verskil tussen seisoenale griep en ’n griepvirus wat ’n dodelike pandemie veroorsaak. Met die jaarlikse griep is daar net geringe veranderings (antigene verskuiwings) aan die virusse.
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2 months ago |
litnet.co.za | Elsabe Brits
Elsabé Brits skryf ’n gereelde rubriek vir LitNet. In die omvattendste wetenskaplike studie nóg oor wat met vroue se liggame gebeur vóór en ná swangerskap, is gesien hoe essensiële biologiese metings verander word deur ’n fetus te dra en uiteindelik geboorte te skenk. Dié reuse studie is onlangs deur ’n internasionale span in die vakjoernaal Science Advances gepubliseer.
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2 months ago |
nature.com | Elsabe Brits
Lire en françaisA discovery of the articulating hip, thigh, and shin bones of Paranthropus robustus, has revealed the story of a young female, the smallest known adult hominin yet to be found, who habitually walked upright and was most probably killed by a leopard. The fossil bones were found in South Africa’s Swartkrans Cave, a kilometre northwest of Sterkfontein, within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
allafrica.com | Elsabe Brits
After being blind for years, two patients recently each received an artificial cornea, and Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape hopes to continue providing this service to those who need it in future. The keratoprosthesis (KPro) implantation looks a bit like a "bionic eye". However, the fortunate patients who visited the Tygerberg Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic in Parow, Western Cape, for a checkup this week don't mind this in the least.
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