Professor Francis Thackeray, Palaeoanthropologist, University of the Witwatersrand

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A chat with friend Professor Francis Thackeray at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Francis, the former director of the Institute of Human Evolution at Wits, is currently the Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at Wits. Here we talk about the researchers and significance of past and current palaeoanthropology work in the Gauteng province and surrounding areas, including The Cradle Of Humankind in South Africa.
http://explorers.institute/podcast/ProfessoFrancisThackerayPalaeoanthropologist.mp3
More about Francis Thackeray here: https://www.wits.ac.za/esi/staff/prof-francis-thackeray
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More about The Cradle Of Humankind here: http://www.cradleofhumankind.co.za