Happy Friday! Today, we'd like to introduce you to Katlego Molebogeng Serobatse, another MA student at the P-RI this year!

P-RI Publication Series! We are immensely pleased to announce that P-RI research chair, M. Lombard, has single-authored a paper in the South African Field Archaeology journal.

We’re pleased to share our participation at the 4th International Conference of the Association of Use-Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA26), held in Pisa, Italy. The P-RI was well represented by Professors Marlize Lombard and Justin Bradfield.

P-RI student introductions! Say hello to Vanessa Miles, our amazing Master’s student! She is passionate about heritage in all its complexity. Her research explores new and exciting ways to understand and manage heritage at the iconic Cradle of Humankind.

Happy Wednesday! We'd like to congratulate Dr Isis Mesfin and Dr Matthew Caruana on a newly published article in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. Please access the paper via the QR code or link below: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Happy Friday! We’re excited to introduce Palesa Setonsa, one of the newest members of our MA cohort at the PRI! Palesa hopes to become a Heritage Management Officer, working to protect and manage important sites. Welcome Palesa!

A very big congratulations to M. Lombard & C. Schlebusch for being featured on ScienceVega6 as women in STEM. The P-RI is immensely proud of this achievement! You can access their article via the link below: edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

Happy Friday! Today, we'd like to introduce you to Dimpho Malematja, a first-year Master's student at the P-RI. Dimpho's career goal is to become an archaeobotanist and IKS activist. We wish her all the best with her MA journey!

P-RI Graduations A huge congratulations to K. Mtshizana, P. Setonsa, X. Naicker, D. Malematja and Y. Ngubo on graduating for their Honours degrees on the 24th of March 2026!!! The P-RI is super proud of you all!!!

Happy Tuesday! Thank you to everyone who showed up for our Meet and Greet today! A lot was learned and great conversations were had!

P-RI Student Introduction Please join us in welcoming Yonela Ngubo, a Master’s student at the Palaeo-Research Institute! Marshill Rockshelter and Kruger Cave are among her favourite sites, and Yonela aspires to build a career as an archaeobotanist!

Happy Tuesday! 🎉 Welcome to the Team, René! 🎉 We are excited to welcome René Sielemann to the Palaeo-Research Institute (P-RI) as our new intern for 2026! We look forward to the new energy, curiosity, and fresh perspective she will bring to our work this year.

Today we take a moment to welcome Nthabiseng Sephooana, an honours student, to the P-RI family. She is particularly interested in studying botanical remains from archaeological sites. We cant wait to see her academic growth through the year!

P-RI student introductions! A very warm welcome to new Honours P-RI student, Tendai Moorosi, who is passionate about studying Middle and Later Stone Age tools. We can't wait to see her academic development over the year.

Congratulations to our Master's student, Palesa Setonsa! Palesa has been accepted to the fully funded 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. The P-RI is very proud!

P-RI in the news! Congratulations to Dr Kgotleng, Director of the P-RI, on being featured in the recent news piece highlighting the powerful role of palaeoanthropology in uniting South Africa. Please access the article via the QR code or link below: www.dongascience.com/en/news/75430

Happy Friday! A warm welcome to our new P-RI Student in 2026, Siphiwe Mathebula. Siphiwe is an Honours student whose research explores bone tools in South Africa to better understand early human behaviour and evolution in the iconic Cradle of Humankind.

P-RI Research Series! Congratulations to P-RI Research Associate, G. Langejans, on her latest publication in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. You can access the paper via the QR code or via the link below: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Happy reading!

P-RI research series! We are proud to celebrate the contribution of B. Zwane and J. Bradfield to the recently published article in the African Archaeological Review. You can scan the QR code or access the paper via the link below: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Join us for an exciting Lecture! We are delighted to welcome Dr Gregor D. Bader, a leading archaeologist and PRI Research Associate, who will present a talk. Please find the details of the talk in the attached flyer. We hope to see you there!

P-RI Research Series! A very warm congratulations to S. Baker and P-RI associates, D. Strait and A. Herries, on their recent publication of a paper in The Anatomical Record. You can access the paper via the link below: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

P-RI in the news! Congratulations once more to J. Pargeter, and colleagues, for having their research featured in The Conversation recently. You can access their original article via the link below: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

P-RI in the News! Today we'd like to congratulate A. Hogberg & M. Lombard for co-authoring research that was recently featured in the New York Times! You can access the article via the link below: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Go P-RI, go!

P-RI in the News! Congratulations to Jakobsson and colleagues, including our very own M. Lombard, for having their recent research featured in EurekAlert! Hit the link below to access this piece: www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is well-deserved, keep shinning!

P-RI Research series! Congratulations to J. Pargeter, E. Loftus and colleagues, for co-authoring a new paper in the journal of Archaeometry. You can scan the QR code or use the link below to access it: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

P-RI Research Series We’d like to congratulate P-RI Research Associate, J. Pargeter and colleagues, on the publication of their latest article on Science Advances. You can scan the QR code or access it via the link below: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

P-RI special research alert! Today we'd like to specially highlight the recent work of A. Hogberg and M. Lombard which was published on Science Advances. You can access their paper via the link below: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

P-RI research series! Today we acknowledge and congratulate research associate, J. Kumbani, on his recent publication of an article in the Journal of Music Archaeology. You can access the full paper through the link below: jma.vlg.oeaw.ac.at/index.php/jm...

P-RI Research series! Congratulations to P-RI research associate, G. Langejans, on her latest publication in the Journal of Palaeolithic Archaeology. You can access the paper via the link below: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026 P-RI Research series!!! Today we congratulate P-RI research associate, C. Schlebusch, for co-authoring an article titled, "Human adaptation in the Andes Mountains." Enjoy it: www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/1/000...

Happy last day of 2025! We would like to congratulate E. Loftus on her newly co-authored article titled "Ga-Mohana Hill South Rock Shelter: a Late Holocene hunter-gatherer rock shelter site in the Southern Kalahari Basin". Enjoy it: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

P-RI Research series! We'd like to congratulate P-RI research associate, J. Kumbani, on his publication, "Exploring dance scenes in South African rock art: from Kwazulu-Natal". You can access the paper through the link below: www.academia.edu/143930180/Ex... Happy reading!

New P-RI Research Alert! We’re excited to share a new co-authored article by PRI Research Associate, Carina Schlebusch. The paper is published in Quaternary Environments and Humans. You can access it via: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

P-RI Research alert! We are delighted to congratulate PRI Research Associate R. Johannes-Boyau on the publication of his latest co-authored research titled "Impact of intermittent lead exposure on hominid brain evolution". Enjoy the paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

P-RI Research Alert! Congratulations to P-RI research associate, D. Strait, for co-authoring an article in the Journal of Human Evolution. You can access the article via the link below: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Happy holidays!

P-RI Research Alert! J. Bradfield, and colleague, has just published a paper: "Bone Tool Diversity During the Stone Age: More Insights into the Human Story," in the Journal of Archaeological Research. Well done! Link to paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

P-RI Research alert! "Pleistocene bow-hunting in Africa and the human mind," is the name of the article that was recently single-authored by M. Lombard. Very well done! You can access the paper via the link below: sajs.co.za/article/view...

P-RI research alert! We would like to extend our warm congratulations to S. Baker, A. Herries and D. Strait for co-authoring a publication on the American Journal of Biological Anthropology. You can access the paper via the link below: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

P-RI research series! We are pleased to announce that J. Bradfield has co-authored an article: Worked bone and shell from forager and farmer sites in the Limpopo Valley. Enjoy the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

P-RI Research Series continued! Today we shine the spotlight on M. Lombard who recently co-authored a paper in the Journal of Palaeolithic Archaeology. Well Done! You can access the article via the link below: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

P-RI Research series continued! Congratulations to P-RI research associates, A. Herries & R. Joannes-Boyau, for co-authoring a paper in the Quaternary Geochronology Journal. Please access their paper via the link below: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are extremely proud to share that M. Lombard, C.M. Schlebusch & M. Jakobsson have co-authored a paper recently published in Nature. You can access it via the link below: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

P-RI research series is back! Congratulations to J. Bradfield for authoring a new paper titled: A chemical analysis of 20th century traditional medicines curated at Ditsong museum of culture history, Pretoria, South Africa." Enjoy the article! www.nature.com/articles/s41....

Celebrating Excellence as We Wrap Up the Year! Congratulations to C. Makombe on receiving a Top Achiever Award for her Honours & to L. Senyane, awarded Top Achiever for Masters. Both have showed once again that hard work and perseverance are the real treasures.

Exciting news from the P-RI! We are pleased to inform that the P-RI has opened a mini library at the Research Village, Bunting Road Campus. A huge thank you to J. Bradfield for facilitating this initiative.

Breaking news (well... ancient news, technically)! Dr. Zwane and a team of archaeologists have been featured in The Witness for their incredible work at the Dwaalhoek excavation site in the Kaingo Game Reserve, Limpopo! Please read the news piece here: witness.co.za/news/2025/10... Happy reading!

"Reimagining governance in the Zimbabwe culture" is the name of the book chapter recently authored by our research associate, R.T. Nyamushosho, in the book: Understanding Early Large-Scale Collectives, A Global Perspective. Access it via the link below: www.routledge.com/Understandin...

Today we celebrate the recent publication of P-RI research associate, A. Hogberg's, article in the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. You can access the article through the link below: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Happy reading with #PRIresearchseries!

P-RI publication series continued.... Congratulations to M. Caruana & A. Herries for co-authoring a new article. You can read their paper via the link below: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Today we congratulate P-RI associate, Isis Mesfin, for co-authoring an article titled: The Last Glacial Maximum in the Tropics: Human Responses to Global Change, 30-10ka. You can access the paper via the link below: link.springer.com/article/10.1...