The tracks are the first to be found in Canada from this time period.
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Animal trackers using traditional skills helped to find and identify fossil tracks on the coast of South Africa.
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Research Assistant, Media and Communication, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior lecturer in Languages and Literature, Nelson Mandela University
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Research fellow, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Lecturer and head of the Department of Media and Communication, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Research Fellow, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor, Department of Business Management, Nelson Mandela University
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Lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Director: South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI), Nelson Mandela University
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Lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Research fellow, Department of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand; Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Researcher, Nelson Mandela University
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Lecturer in Business Management, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University