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Monthly Archives: January 2012
fishing or something like that
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~Henry David Thoreau
Dinosaurs were doting parents
These tracks tell a story. They crisscross slabs of sedimentary rock, the spoor so old, they are set in stone. What it is is baby dinosaur spoor, 190 million years old, some so small they had just fought their way … Continue reading
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Artefacts in the city
Unburied by highveld thunderstorms and the work of the Johannesburg Roads Agency, they emerge half a century later to annoy Joburg’s city drivers. They are tram tracks that break the asphalt on Pritchard street, curve into Simmonds, then … Continue reading
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South America’s earliest killer revealed.
Meet the Pampas Killer, a 265 million-year-old mammal-like reptile that stalked what is now Brazil. The embargo has broken and I can now reveal that the Pampas Killer or Pampaphoneus biccai is the earliest land living predator to be discovered … Continue reading
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It came from outer space to pickle our brains
Hell, I am never going to shine a torch into the night sky again. That minuscule shaft of light, might just be noticed and invite something to visit. Read this study, that appeared in a journal, and you might come … Continue reading
Once were runners
Johannes Tlou remembered them, the little people who would slip across the sandy Shashi river, close to where it joins the Limpopo. They were the Vhasarwa, the Bushmen/San who came to collect the fibres of the ilala palm, to weave … Continue reading
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Tagged endurance, First people, human evolution, running, San/Bushman
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3:30am
The end of the New Year’s eve shift. Rain is falling, which is probably what kept the fatalities and injuries to a minimum this year. We will only know in a day or so, if this is correct. In the … Continue reading
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