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Exciting news from #GladysvaleExpedition at #TheCradleOfHumankind! After 20 years of inactivity @Keneiloe and her team returned to the site for new discoveries. Two weeks in they had found nothing new. Then suddenly, something happened... https://t.co/tgUEi1u1PV #TEDxJoburg

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Join the Climate Movement: Attend #TEDxJoburg #Countdown - https://t.co/Zbp092yUHf

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#TEDxJoburg, @GenusPalaeo, @WWFSouthAfrica, @abetterworld_sa, and @the_bioscope hosted a special screening of David Attenborough's A Life On Our Planet a week ago as part of the build-up to #TEDxJoburg #LifePastPresentFuture – an extraordinary, inspiring cinematic experience.

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See pictures from TEDxJohannesburgSalon | LIFE - https://t.co/VFlS0nw4t2

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Introducing Rob Muir, geologist, #TEDxJoburg #LifePastPresentFuture speaker, currently works on recalibrating the tectonic events that occurred during the breakup of Gondwana 140 million years ago. Don’t miss it for the world. Get your ticket now – https://t.co/OtqGqGUGny

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Are the answers to LIFE lying beneath our feet? Can we discover where we come from, why we are here, and how we can preserve our planet by digging deep into Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history? #TEDxJoburg #LifePastPresentFuture, 27 Oct, The Forum – https://t.co/OtqGqGUGny

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Excited to be screening David Attenborough's film 'A Life On Our Planet' with @TEDxJoburg @GenusPalaeo
and @WWFSouthAfrica next Tuesday evening at @thebioscope @44Stanley. I hope you can join us for this important, powerful and inspiring film.
https://t.co/8wpsgTYOKN

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The images in this video come from Chauvet Cave, an ancient rock art site in France containing the finest examples of prehistoric paintings and engravings ever seen. Watch, think, dig deeper, and discuss – https://t.co/ETCBF9arT0

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Meet Jaganmoy Jodder, geobiologist, speaker at #TEDxJoburg #LifePastPresentFuture. Jaganmoy unpacks the co-evolution of Earth and life by studying rocks and the stories they tell. See our other speakers – https://t.co/WkuaM7Mgn0

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Let’s hear loud ululations for @TammyReynKiss, archaeologist, museum curator, passionate about ochre use in the past and present in southern Africa, studies the social behaviours and cognitive abilities of early modern humans. We'll be there. Will you? https://t.co/OtqGqGUGny

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If poop is so gross, why are paleontologists so excited when they find fossilized faeces of any kind? Watch, think, dig deeper, and discuss – https://t.co/hAIyaC2md8

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Introducing @bongie_zwane, archaeobotanist, speaker at #TEDxJoburg #LifePastPresentFuture, studies ancient plant remains to find out how humans used them for food, fuel, and medicine – Bought your tickets yet? https://t.co/OtqGqGUGny

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The Earth is 4.6 billion years old -- but how can humans relate to a number so colossal, and where do we fit on the geologic timeline? Watch, think, dig deeper, and discuss – https://t.co/YXPETN5IJ2

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It gives us great joy to welcome to our stage @PickeringRobyn, geologist, geochemist, uses the uranium-series dating method to work out the ages of carbonate rocks associated with important sites of human evolution. Get your ticket today – https://t.co/WbBFRo9PNt

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How to become a dinosaur hunter (short read) – https://t.co/nLZw4WbRUF

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Get ready for the amazing @jonahchoiniere, palaeobiologist, speaker at #TEDxJoburg #LifePastPresentFuture. He works on the evolution of theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic. Get your ticket – https://t.co/OtqGqHchM8

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What can you learn from ancient skeletons? Watch, think, dig deeper, and discuss – https://t.co/BlhngtEXea

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Super proud to have the world renowned @palaeo_prof on the #TEDxJoburg #LifePastPresentFuture line-up. Her focus is on deciphering biological signals recorded in the bone microstructure of extinct vertebrates, and that of living forms. Join us – https://t.co/OtqGqHcPBG

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What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? Watch, think, dig deeper, and discuss – https://t.co/wkmtS9ua8t

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Greetings to Jessica Thompson, palaeolithic anthropologist, asst. prof. at Yale in the USA, studies interactions that our human ancestors had with their environments by analysing objects they left behind. Stay in the know. Buy your tickets now – https://t.co/OtqGqGUGny