Archaeology & Paleontology

• Oldest Jewelry? "Beads" Discovered in African Cave
• African Bone Tools Dispute Key Evolution Idea
• New Dino Species Found on Dusty Shelf
• 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Lava Yields Signs of Early Life
• Fossil Tusks Indicate Earliest Sexual Differentiation
• Is Bead Find Proof Modern Thought Began in Africa?
• Africa's Rock Art Documented Before it Disappears

Environment & Conservation

• South African Desert Becomes Global-Warming Lab
• Fire Sparks Conservation Movement in South Africa
• Penguin Decline Due to Global Warming?
• Shampooing to Stop Oil Spill Bird Deaths
• Poaching, Smuggling Threaten Abalone in South Africa

History & Culture

• Game-Filled Park Is School for South African Kids
• Jason Carter Discusses South Africa
• Africa's Bushmen May Get Rich From Diet-Drug Secret
• Nelson Mandela Bows Out of Public Life
• Africa Explorer Takes Off on Yearlong Aerial Survey
• Photo Gallery: South Africa Tourism
• Photo Gallery: Faces of South Africa

Space & Science

• S. African Tech Tycoon Soars as Space Tourist

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