There appear to be two possible explanations for circular patterns with central depressions in Pleistocene deposits on the Cape coast.
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The sculpture might have begun with tracing a blue stingray specimen in the sand.
Without intervention, the rock may have been destroyed by high tides and storm surges.
It appears that the South African Cape south coast’s dunes and beaches formed a vast canvas of sand on which our ancestors could leave their mark.
A new discovery adds to our existing understanding of Homo sapiens in Africa.
The discovery of the world’s oldest jewellery at the Blombos Cave in South Africa has resulted in a paradigm shift in our understanding of human evolution.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Principal Investigator, SapienCE - Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen
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Professor of Evolutionary Studies, Professor of African Prehistory, University of Bergen
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Honorary researcher, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Chief Scientist, NRF-SAIAB, National Research Foundation