The first hyrax fossil tracks and traces ever to be discovered were identified on South Africa’s coast.
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Trackway findings support the notion of southern Africa being one region where human cognitive and practical ability developed a very long time ago.
There is something near-miraculous in the concept of tiny creatures, weighing just grams, making tracks and traces so long ago, that are now evident in rock.
A trace fossil of an iguana burrow was discovered on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. Estimated to be 115,000 years old, it is the first known fossil of its kind.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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