WITS University teases announcement of a major discovery

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Judging by the photos looks like something to do with Palaeontology?
 
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Watch for it on EWN.

A birdie told me they have an exclusive coverage agreement.
 
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Watch for it on EWN.

A birdie told me they have an exclusive coverage agreement.
 
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LazyLion said:
That's what I was thinking...
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The correct term is a transitional fossil, and there are already plenty of them around. The term "missing link" for all scientific purposes, doesn't actually exist...
 
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DJ... said:
The clue lies in the individuals in the OP's picture.

100 brownie points to anyone who can identify them...:D
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Suspense is killing me. I forfeit the points - TELL ME!

Anthropologists? Archeologists?
 
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DJ... said:
The clue lies in the individuals in the OP's picture.

100 brownie points to anyone who can identify them...:D
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I don't remember his name but he's that guy with the American accent.

Secret cave in undisclosed location... ground breaking discovery apparently.
My money is something like the missing link or along those sorts of lines.
 
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OverKill69 said:
I don't remember his name but he's that guy with the American accent.

Secret cave in undisclosed location... ground breaking discovery apparently.
My money is something like the missing link or along those sorts of lines.
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I'm pretty sure it's Lee Berger, so yes, the Yank in the secret SA cave with all the hot women he recruited...:D

NOVA and National Geographic present exclusive access to a unique discovery of ancient remains. Located in an almost inaccessible chamber deep in a South African cave, the site required recruiting a special team of experts slender enough to wriggle down a vertical, pitch-dark, seven-inch-wide passage. Most fossil discoveries of human relatives consist of just a handful of bones. But down in this hidden chamber, the team uncovered an unprecedented trove—so far, over 1,500 bones—with the potential to rewrite the story of our origins. They may help fill in a crucial gap in the fossil record and tell us how Homo, the first member of the human family, emerged from ape-like ancestors like the famous Lucy. But how did hundreds of bones end up in the remote chamber? The experts are considering every mind-boggling possibility. Join NOVA on the treacherous descent into this cave of spectacular and enigmatic finds, and discover their startling implications for the saga of what made us human.
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This particular episode airs on 16 September 2015, and I'm quite sure this is the PR build-up to that show's airing.

This particular team were recruited specifically for their lack of bust size. Requirements were As in the classroom and in the chest...:D
 
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AntiGanda said:
Dinosaur?
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Quite sure that's Lee Berger in the pictures above, so it's a major human evolutionary "announcement". If he found a dinosaur in those caves as well, we might as well just reformat, restart, and create a new account on the Human Knowledge app...:D
 
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702 broadcasting from Cradle of Humankind on Thursday morning. Exclusive coverage.
 
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