MRS PLES (STS 5) FROM THE STERKFONTEIN CAVES, SOUTH AFRICA
By: Francis Thackeray, Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand and Lazarus Kgasi, Plio-Pleistocene Palaeontology, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History “Mrs Ples” (Sts 5) is the nickname of a Plio-Pleistocene skull (Fig. 1) attributed to Australopithecus africanus,
A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WHO BECAME A PALAEONTOLOGIST
By: Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History In the history of South African science, Robert Broom ranks among the most flamboyant and controversial individuals. The tall, eccentric doctor, who was born in Scotland, is most known for
2023 FIELDWORK AT BOLT’S FARM CAVE SYSTEM
By: Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator: DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History The Bolt’s farm team, under the leadership of Dominique Gommery from, Centre National de Recherché Scientifique and Sorbonne University in France, has been meticulously excavating fossils from the Bolt's Farm
OBITUARY: BOB BRAIN
(7 May 1931 - 6 June 2023) By: Lazarus Kgasi & Teresa Kearney, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History As a measure of the many achievements in his life there have been numerous tributes to Dr Charles Kimberlin [Bob] Brain before and
BOLT’S FARM EXHIBITION: WHERE KIDS LEARN WHILST HAVING FUN
By: Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator and Tebogo Pitso, education officer: DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History The DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History (DNMNH) is a renowned science research institution as well as one of the best tourist destinations in Tshwane.
THE AFRICAN BULLFROG: A DELIGHTFUL COMPONENT OF A DIET
By: S.A. Makubung, Herpetology Department, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History African Giant Bullfrog (also known as Letlametlo). Family: Pyxicephlidae Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Genus: Pyxicephalus Species: adsperus African or /Giant Bullfrog (Source: https://www.everythingreptiles.com/pixie-frog/). The African Bullfrog, also known as the Giant Bullfrog or South African Burrowing
THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND LONG LOST SITE
Lazarus Kgadi, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History In the Gauteng region of South Africa's Cradle of Humankind-World Heritage Site lies a palaeontological site known as Minnaar's Cave, or simply Minnaar. Five neighbouring palaeontological sites from Minnaar’s in the Cradle of
From The Bolt’s Farms Exhibition, Ditsong: Museum Of South Africa’s Education Officers Traced The Big Cats’ Footprints To The Site
By: Lazarus Kgasi, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History It is essential for knowledge dissemination that the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (associated with the National Museum of Natural History of Paris and Sorbonne University), the University of Johannesburg,
FIELDWORK AND VISIT BY DIGNITARIES AND STUDENTS
By: Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator, Palaeontology, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History Within each fiscal year, the Plio-Pleistocene Palaeontology Section at the DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History (DNMNH) conducts fieldwork in two seasons (April-June and October/November). The partnership between the
