St Petersburg University, Russia - African Studies and Oceanology: St Petersburg University outlines promising areas for cooperation with South Africa

Title:

African Studies and Oceanology: St Petersburg University outlines promising areas for cooperation with South Africa 

 

Published: 

St Petersburg University, 1 September 2021 

https://english.spbu.ru/news/4653-african-studies-and-oceanology-st-petersburg-university-outlines-promising-areas-for-cooperation-with-south-africa 

 

From the article:

Nikolay Kropachev, Rector of St Petersburg University, has met with Mzuvukile Jeff Maketuka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Africa to the Russian Federation, and representatives of Nelson Mandela University in an online format. 

 

St Petersburg University has 13 academic programmes related to African Studies. These include the bachelor’s programme ‘West African Languages and Cultures’, the master’s programmes ‘Languages and Culture of Africa’, and ‘Politics and International Relations in Asia and Africa’ to name just a few. 

SOUTH AFRICA - New fossil tracks belonging to human ancestors found in South Africa

Title:

New fossil tracks belonging to human ancestors found in South Africa

 

Author:

Charles helm, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University

 

Published:

The Conversation, 22 October 2020

https://theconversation.com/new-fossil-tracks-belonging-to-human-ancestors-found-in-south-africa-148187

 

From the article:

* Around a hundred thousand years ago, South Africa’s Cape south coast was a busy place. Giraffes, crocodiles, hatchling sea turtles and large bird species populated the landscape. Early humans were there, too.  

 

We know all of this because of fossil tracksites that today dot the Cape south coast, which is about 400km east of Cape Town. These sites date to between 400,000 years and 35,000 years ago, to a geological epoch known as the Pleistocene. 

* Now we’ve found three further hominin tracksites – and possibly a fourth. The sites are described in a recently published article in the South African Journal of Science.