From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play important roles in the world.
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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.
We found footprints that measure around 24 centimetres long. We suspect they came from animals with legs the same height as humans.
While crocodylian fossil swim traces have been described from other continents, to the best of our knowledge the examples we describe are the first such reptilian swim traces from Africa.
Tracking wild animals can provide lots of valuable data. New research suggests audio recordings of wild wolves can replace the typical radio collars, which can be expensive and intrusive.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Carthage College
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PhD, Independent Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Clive Thompson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelon Mandela University; Research Associate, Research Associate, Centre for Transformative Regulation of Work, University of the Western Cape
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Honorary researcher, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History, Miami University