More fossil tracks of vertebrates have come to light on the South African coast, adding to the picture of an ancient plain full of wildlife.
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These tracksites appear to contain the first recorded Pliocene vertebrate tracks described from southern Africa.
The first hyrax fossil tracks and traces ever to be discovered were identified on South Africa’s coast.
No fossilised pangolin tracks had been recorded anywhere in the world until a track was found in South Africa, dated to between 90,000 and 140,000 years ago.
Animal trackers using traditional skills helped to find and identify fossil tracks on the coast of South Africa.
The sculpture might have begun with tracing a blue stingray specimen in the sand.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Clive Thompson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Emeritus Chief Scientist, NRF-SAIAB, National Research Foundation
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Honorary researcher, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Nelson Mandela University