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Where did the first people come from? The case for a coastal migration from southern Africa

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to Africa as the continent from which our ancestors dispersed in the Late Pleistocene epoch, which began about 126,000 years ago. Various dispersal routes have been suggested.

The Conversation

Cape Cod is considering taxing luxury home sales of $2+ million to raise funds for the housing market's 'missing middle'

The region is one of the latest to introduce a mansion tax.

Fortune

South Africa’s earliest newspapers made money from slavery: book offers new evidence

In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press (2025 Routledge), author and journalism professor Gawie Botma explores the gap in the country’s understanding about the complicity of South African journalism in slavery. He spoke to The Conversation about what he…

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US hunter reportedly killed by buffalo during expedition in South Africa

Asher Watkins, 52, of Texas died while tracking 1.3-ton Cape buffalo on a hunting trip in the country’s Limpopo province

The Guardian - US

Salsify in Cape Town: The fine dining restaurant rewriting the South African food story

TOP TABLES: Recently ranked among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Salsify is making waves with indigenous ingredients, world-class technique and a chef who’s obsessed with flavour, writes Lilly Subbotin

The Independent UK

US Army launches hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

The U.S. Army launched its new hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force station last week, just days after naming it the "Dark Eagle."

Space

First fossil pangolin tracks discovered in South Africa

A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa’s southern Cape coast have identified the world’s first fossil pangolin trackway, with the help of Indigenous Master Trackers from Namibia. Ichnologists Charles Helm, Clive Thompson and Jan De Vynck tell the story.

The Conversation

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Lost fynbos seeds from underground ‘time capsules’ in South Africa can grow again – new study

Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that are alive. These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain plants preserve their seeds.

The Conversation

Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by geologist and palaeontologist Gideon Mantell in England.

The Conversation

If the Cape fits: time to rediscover South Africa’s wines?

South Africa may be best known for its pinotage, but modern production now has a focus on sustainability and centres on French grape varieties

The Guardian - UK

Bo-Kaap: the candy-coloured corner of Cape Town facing tourism v heritage dilemma

Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrification

The Guardian - UK

Cape vultures are swooping into a new exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo

A “committee” of Cape vultures is swooping into the Los Angeles Zoo to make its home in an exhibit that seeks to mirror the birds’ natural South African habitat

The Independent UK

Princess Royal to honour sacrifices of black South Africans in First World War

Anne will unveil the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial.

Evening Standard

Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa

A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.

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The Guardian - UK

Soak up the rays: wines tasting of sunshine

Escape the gloom with these big red wines bursting with the flavours of warm countries

The Conversation

Fossil tracks paint a picture of South Africa’s ancient coastal landscape: five essential reads

Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an unremarkable set of sandy bones. But those bones can deepen or even rewrite our understanding of ancient history – and South Africa is a fossil treasure trove. Some of the country’s “treasures” have changed our own species’ family tree. These include…

The Independent UK

Historically bad year for dolphin strandings on Cape Cod has scientists looking for answers

Scientists say an unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals’ food

The Conversation

Fossil finds: footprints on South Africa’s coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors’ lives

Mention the word “fossils” to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too – for instance, their tracks. The study of these fossil tracks…

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Scientists identify first known outbreak of rabies in seals

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies

Marie Claire

Where Was 'The Perfect Couple' Filmed? All About the Nantucket and Cape Cod Filming Locations

The new Netflix murder mystery is full of gorgeous New England locations.

Al Jazeera

Why are Cape fur seals in South Africa infected with rabies?

It’s the world’s first significant rabies infection in marine mammals. And it has scientists – and beachgoers – worried.

Marie Claire

Cape Cod Bracelets Were a Coastal Classic Long Before TikTok

As a third-generation Cape Codder, I have some thoughts on the Coastal Grandmother staple.

The Conversation

False stereotypes mean endangered animals are being protected in the wrong places

Giant panda reclining in cloudy hills eating bamboo, European bison picking their way through gloomy and lichen-draped forests and Cape mountain zebra roaming arid mountains. Ideas of how and where these species live are fixed in the public imagination, in conservation practice and even in some species’ names – but…

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers

Seals have been biting people in the first big outbreak of the disease in marine mammals, writes Nick Dall in Cape Town

The Independent UK

‘Just tore me apart’: More than a dozen dolphins die in mass stranding around Cape Cod

‘After [the dolphin] passed, I was just heartbroken, to see such a magnificent, majestic animal die, it was a tragedy happening,’ a resident who saw the stranded animals said

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