These plant fronds created scratch circles as they blew in the wind. For scale, the camera case is 14 cm long.
Jack Carrigan
There appear to be two possible explanations for circular patterns with central depressions in Pleistocene deposits on the Cape coast.
The blue stingray’s disc-like shape would have made it ideal for tracing.
Kyle Smith
The sculpture might have begun with tracing a blue stingray specimen in the sand.
A helicopter, net and a long-line cable - as well as a skilled pilot - were key to the ‘rescue’ operation.
Richard Webb
Without intervention, the rock may have been destroyed by high tides and storm surges.
The larger of the two triangular geometric features (scale bar = 10 cm.)
Charles Helm
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.
The drawing found on silcrete stone in Blombos Cave.
Craig Foster
A new discovery adds to our existing understanding of Homo sapiens in Africa.
A panoramic view of the interior of the Blombos Cave, which holds fascinating insights into human evolution.
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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.