Hayley Cawthra

Dec 5, 2024 | theconversation.com | Natasha Joseph |Alan Whitfield |Charles Helm |Hayley Cawthra

Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an unremarkable set of sandy bones. But those bones can deepen or even rewrite our understanding of ancient history – and South Africa is a fossil treasure trove. Some of the country’s “treasures” have changed our own species’ family tree.