Phillip Tobias
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Photographing past and present newsmakers
As I enter the exhibition titled Names in Uphill Letters — A historiography of the newsmakers who tread(ed) South Africa’s soil, at the Workers Museum in Newtown, I encounter a…
Out of the heart of darkness
Palaeontology has a long history of pushing the ‘pure race’ theory but finally reached the conclusion that ‘we are all one human race’
Little Foot: Two assistants credited for finding ‘needle in haystack’
Little Foot grabbed the world’s attention and the palaeontologist credited with the discovery was sure to recognise Stephen Motsumi and Nkwane Molefe
Tobias: Framed by famous fossils
It’s not unusual to hear an octogenarian described as a fossil but you dared not say that about Phillip Tobias, writes Anthony Paton.
An ability to breathe life into the minutiae
What was it that made Phillip Tobias so charismatic? He undoubtedly had personal magnetism, which is impossible to analyse, writes Jane Dugard.
Evolution of the man who rocked the cradle of humankind
Goran Strkalj and Jane Dugardpay tribute to Phillip Tobias – one of the world’s greatest palaeoanthropologists – who died last week at the age of 86.
South Africa’s eminent prof of fossils dies
After battling a long illness, Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias passed away on Thursday morning.
Sharing a bone or two will tempt the tourists
The Palaeontological Scientific Trust launched ‘Scatterlings of Africa’, which aims to use fossils to promote common aancestry and heritage tourism.
Of Shakespeare and detachment
At work a few weeks ago I began to see sudden flashes of light, which was strange for a cloudless day in Port Elizabeth…
Prominent citizens condemn UFS video
Dozens of prominent South Africans have signed a statement condemning a racist video that surfaced at the University of the Free State (UFS) last month. The list of 81…