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What the rocks of Melville Koppies have been waiting billions of years to tell us
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (369+ words) What if one of Joburg's oldest beaches wasn't along the coast " but right beneath your hiking boots? That is one of the remarkable stories geologist Professor Jill Drennan shared during her Written in Stone talk at Melville Koppies, where she…...
DNA tests pending on human remains found in Komatipoort crocodile
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (134+ words) The Citizen Human remains were found in a crocodile that was put down in the Komatipoort area on Saturday, May 2. Captain Pottie Potgieter of the Ehlanzeni Diving Unit confirmed the discovery. A forensic necropsy was conducted after the crocodile was…...
Dinosaur eggshells provide a new way to date fossils - LNN
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (458+ words) An international team of geologists and palaeontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the age of fossil-bearing rocks by directly dating fossilised dinosaur eggshells. The study, led by Dr Ryan Tucker from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Earth…...