Norman Owen-Smith

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La perte progressive des poils du corps a permis aux ancêtres de l'homme de chasser plus facilement dans la chaleur.

January 30, 2023

Norman Owen-Smith, University of the Witwatersrand

Le patrimoine des grands mammifères d'Afrique a constitué un profond héritage culturel pour l'ensemble de l'humanité.

The evolutionary loss of body hair made it easier for human ancestors to hunt in the heat. Marco Anson

January 25, 2023

Norman Owen-Smith, University of the Witwatersrand

Africa’s large mammal heritage has formed a deep cultural legacy for all of humankind.

The size of the human brain had a great deal to do with the food choices of our ancestors. Shutterstock

August 28, 2015

Norman Owen-Smith, University of the Witwatersrand

From meat-based diets to carbohydrates, the eating patterns of early humans has defined much of what we consume today.

There are a number of potentially valuable lessons to be learned from Cecil the lion’s death. From www.shutterstock.com

July 30, 2015

Lochran Traill, University of the Witwatersrand and Norman Owen-Smith, University of the Witwatersrand

Now that Cecil the Lion is gone, what lessons can be taken from the controversial manner of his death?