3.5 million years of human evolution at the Sterkfontein Caves, Gauteng, South Africa

09:30 – 13:30 – Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Origins North Bdg. Lecture Room (1st fl), Wits University

Amélie Beaudet | Paleoanthropology | SGAES, Wits
The Sterkfontein hominin assemblage: how the world’s richest Australopithecus-bearing site contributes to unveiling the human brain evolutionary history.
Laurent Bruxelles | Geology | INRAP & IFAS-Research
Stratigraphy of Sterkfontein’s Member 2: relationships with cave evolution, breccia accumulation, Little Foot fossilization and recent dating.
Ron Clarke | Paleoanthropology | ESI, Wits
The past and future of Sterkfontein hominid research.
Kathleen Kuman | Archaeology | SGAES, Wits
Sterkfontein’s archaeology: past achievements and future prospects.
Shani Reddy | Paleoanthropology | SGAES, Wits
A hominid juvenile partial maxilla (StW 629/631) from Sterkfontein and associated artefacts.
Dominic Stratford | Geology | SGAES, Wits
The Sterkfontein Member 4: past, present and future.