RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Abdala, F., Rubidge, B.S., van den Heever, J.A., 2008. The oldest therocephalians (Therapsida: Eutheriodontia) and the early diversification of Therapsida. Palaeontology 51, 1011-1024.

Albert, R.M., Bamford, M.K, Cabanes, D., 2008. Palaeoecological significance of palms at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, based on phytolith remains. Quaternary International. Doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.06.008. (Print version due early 2009)

Andrews, P., Bamford, M.K., 2008. Past and present vegetation ecology of Laetoli, Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution 54, 78-98.

Backwell, L., d?Errico, F., 2008. Early hominid bone tools from Drimolen, South Africa.. Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 2880-2894.

Backwell, L.R., d?Errico, F., Wadley, L., 2008. Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 1566-1580.

Bamford, M.K., Stanistreet, I.G., Stollhofen, H., Albert, R.M., 2008. Late Pliocene grassland from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 257, 280-293.

Berger, L.R., Churchill, S.E., de Klerk, B., Quinn, R.L., 2008. Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia. PLoS ONE, 33(3), e1780 (9pp).

Botha-Brink, J., Abdala, F., 2008. A new cynodont record from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group: implications for the early evolution of cynodonts in South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 43, 1-6.

Chinsamy, A., Abdala, F., 2008. Palaeobiological implications of the bone microstructure of South American traversodontids (Therapsida: Cynodontia). South African Journal of Science 104, 225-230.

Cisneros, J.C., 2008. Taxonomic status of the reptile genus Procolophon from the Gondwanan Triassic. Palaeontologia africana 43, 7-17.

Cisneros, J. C. 2008. New basal procolophonid reptile from the Katberg formation (Lower Triassic) of the South African Karoo. Palaeoworld, 17, 126 ? 134.

Cisneros, J. C. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of procolophonid parareptiles with remarks on their geological record. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2, 1 - 22,.

Cisneros, J. C. 2008. Taxonomic status of the reptile genus Procolophon from the Gondwanan Triassic. Palaeontologia africana. 43, 7 - 17.

Cisneros, J.C., Rubidge, B.S., Mason, R., Dube, C., 2008. Analysis of millerettid parareptile relationships in the light of new material of Broomia perplexa Watson, 1914, from the Permian of South Africa. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6, 453-462.

Damiani, R., Vasconcelos, C., Renaut, A., Hancox, J., Yates, A., 2008. Dolichuranus primaevus (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the middle Triassic of Namibia and its phylogenetic relationships. Palaeontology 50, 1531-1546.

Govender, R., Hancox, P.J., Yates, A.M., 2008. Re-evaluation of the postcranial skeleton of the Triassic dicynodont Kannemeyeria simocephalus from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Subzone B) of South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 43, 19-37.

Kuhn, B.F, Berger, L.R., Skinner, J.D., 2008. Examining criteria for identifying and differentiating fossil faunal assemblages accumulated by hyenas and hominins using extant hyenid accumulations. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2008. doi: 10.1002/oa996.

Kuhn, B.F., Berger, L.R., Skinner, J.D., 2008. Variation in toothmark frequencies on long bones from the assemblages of all three extant bone-collecting hyaenids. Journal of Archaeological Science ?. Doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.008

Kuhn, B. F., Weisel, I., Skinner, J. D. (2008) Diet of brown hyaenas (Parahyaena brunnea) on the Namibian coast. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 63(2): 150-159.

Lacruz, R.S., Dean, M.C., Ramirez-Rozzi, F., Bromage, T.G., 2008. Megadontia, striae periodicity and patterns of enamel secretion in Plio-Pleistocene fossil hominins. Journal of Anatomy 213, 148-158.

Mutter, R.J., Neuman, A.G. and Blanger, K. de. 2008. Homalodontus nom. nov., a replacement name for Wapitiodus Mutter, de Blanger and Neuman, 2007 (Homalodontidae nom. nov., ?Hybodontoidea), preoccupied by Wapitiodus Orchard, 2005. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 154: 419-420.

Philippe, M., Bamford, M.K., 2008. A key to morphogenrea used for Mesozoic conifer-like woods. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 148, 184-207.

Prevec, R., McLoughlin, S., Bamford, M.K., 2008. Novel double wing morphology revealed in a South African ovuliferous glossopterid fructification: Bifariala intermittens (Plumstead 1958) comb. nov. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 150, 22-36.

Steininger, C., Berger, L.R., Kuhn, B.F., 2008. A partial skull of Paranthropus robustus from Cooper?s Cave, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 104, 143-146.

Van der Merwe, N.J., Masao, F.T., Bamford, M.K., 2008. Isotopic evidence for contrasting diets of early hominins Homo habilis and Australopithecus boisei of Tanzania. South African Journal of Science 104, 153-155.

Yates, A.M., 2008. Two new cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the middle Miocene of South Australia. Alcheringa 32, 353-364.

Yates, A. M. 2008. A second specimen of Blikanasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda)

and the biostratigraphy of the lower Elliot Formation. Palaeontologia africana 43, 39-43.

Zipfel, B., Kidd, R.S., 2008. Size and shape of a human foot bone from Klasies River main site, South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 43, 51-56.

EDITORSHIPS

Bamford, M.K. - Editor - Palaeontologia africana

Backwell. L.R. - Associate Editor - Palaeontologia africana

Rubidge, B.S. - Associate Editor - Palaeontologia africana
- Associate Editor - African Natural History 

- Associate Editor - Researches of the National Museum

Yates, A.M. - Associate Editor - Palaeontologia africana

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Andrews, P.J., Bamford, M.K., Njau, F-E., Leliyo, G. (in press) The ecology of vegetation in the Endulen-Laetoli area in northern Tanzania. In Harrison T. (Ed). Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli, Tanzania: Human Evolution in context. Vol I. Springer, Dordrecht.

Bamford, M.K. (in press). Fossil wood. In: Harrison T. (Ed). Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli, Tanzania: Human Evolution in context. Vol I. Springer, Dordrecht.

Bamford M.K. (in press) Fossil seeds and leaves. In: Harrison T. (Ed). Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli, Tanzania: Human Evolution in context. Vol I. Springer, Dordrecht.

Mutter, R.J. (in press). A Case Study of the Palaeobiogeography of Early Mesozoic actinopterygians: The Family Ptycholepidae. In Upchurch, P, McGowan, A. & Slater, C. (eds) Palaeogeography and Palaebiogeography: Biodiversity in Space and Time, Cambridge University Press.

Yates, A. M. (in press). Basal sauropodomorpha: the ?prosauropods?. In. M.K. Brett-Surman and T.H.

Holtz Jr. (eds). The complete dinosaur, second edition. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES

Albert, R.M., Bamford, M.K. (submitted June 08). Vegetation during uppermost Bed I and deposition of Tuff IF at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, based on phytoliths and plant remains. Fifty Years after Zinjanthropus: Landscape Paleoanthropology of Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. For a special issue of Journal of Human Evolution.

Angielczyk, KD & Rubidge, B.S. (in press). New specimens of the Permian dicynodont Colobodectes cluveri (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with notes on its ontogeny and stratigraphic range in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Abdala, F. and Smith, R.M.H. (in press) A Middle Triassic cynodont fauna from Namibia and its implications for the biogeography of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Backwell, L.R., Pickering, R., Brothwell, D., Berger, L.R., Witcomb, M., Martill, D., Penkman, K. & Wilson, A. (in press) Probable human hair found in a fossil hyaena coprolite from Gladysvale cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science.

Berger L.R., Zipfel B. (submitted). Seeing the bigger picture ? maximizing the information from southern African fossil bearing breccias. South African Journal of Science.

Bamford, M.K. (submitted August 08). Fossil sedges, macroplants and roots from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Fifty Years after Zinjanthropus: Landscape Paleoanthropology of Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. For a special issue of Journal of Human Evolution

Bamford, M.K. (submitted 21 Nov 2008). Late Pliocene woody vegetation of Area 41, Koobi Fora, East Turkana Basin, Kenya. IAWA Journal.

Berger, L. R., Pickering, R., Kuhn, B.F., Backwell, L.R., Hancox, P.J., Kramers, J.D., Boshoff, P. (submitted) A Mid-Pleistocene in situ fossil brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) latrine from Gladysvale Cave, South Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Blumenschine, R.J., Masao, F.T., Stollhofen, H., Stanistreet, I.G., Bamford, M.K., Albert, R.M., Njau, J.K., Prassack, K.A. (submitted June 2008). Landscape distribution of Oldowan stone artifact assemblages across the fault compartments of the eastern Olduvai Lake Basin during early lowermost Bed II times. Fifty Years after Zinjanthropus: Landscape Paleoanthropology of Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. For a special issue of Journal of Human Evolution

Blumenschine, R.J., Stanistreet, I.G., Njau, J.K., Bamford, M.K., Masao, F.T., Stollhofen, H., Andrews, P., Fernanadez-Jalvo, Y., Prassack, K.A., Albert, R.M., McHenry, L.J., Camilli, E.L., Ebert, J.I. (submitted Dec 08). Environments and activity traces of hominins across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Fifty Years after Zinjanthropus: Landscape Paleoanthropology of Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. For a special issue of Journal of Human Evolution.

Braun, D.R., Harris, J.W.K., Levin, N.E., McCoy, J.T., Herries, A.I., Bamford, M.K., Bishop, L.C., Richmond, B.G., Kibunjia, M. (under revision). New evidence of Pliocene hominin behaviour from the Il Dura region, northern Kenya. Science.

Cisneros, J.C. (in press) Phylogenetic relationships of procolophonid parareptiles with remarks on the geological record. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002350

Collinson, M.E., Steart, D.C . , Harrington G.J., Hooker J.J., Scott, A.C., Allen, L.O., Glasspool, I.J. & S.J. Gibbons (in press): Palynological evidence of vegetation dynamics in response to palaeoenvironmental change across the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum at Cobham, Southern England. Grana.

Collinson, M.E., Andrews, P., Bamford, M.K., (submitted October 2008). Taphonomy of the Early Miocene flora, Hiwegi Formation, Rusinga Island, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution.

de Ruiter, D.J., Pickering, R., Steininger, C.M., Kramers, J.D., Hancox, P.J., Churchill, S.E., Berger, L.R., Backwell, L.R. (in press) New hominin fossils from Cooper?s Cave (Gauteng, South Africa) and the first U-Pb date for Australopithecus robustus. Journal of Human Evolution.

Govender, R. Yates, A.M., (in press) Postcranial anatomy of Dolichuranus. Palaeontologia africana 44

Kammerer, C.F. and Abdala, F. (in press). Procynosuchus Broom, 1937 (Therapsida, Cynodontia): proposed precedence over Cyrbasiodon Broom, 1931 and Parathrinaxodon Parrington, 1936. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.

Kuhn, B. F., Berger, L. R., Skinner, J. D. (submitted) Modelling extinct hyaenid behaviour- acknowledging variability within and between extant hyaenid species. Paleobiology

Lacruz, R., Rozzi, FR. & Bromage, TG. Linear enamel hypoplasia, weaning and age at death in the Taung child. South African Journal of Science.

Martinelli, A.G., de la Fuente, M. and Abdala, F. (in press). Diademodon tetragonus Seeley, 1894 (Therapsida: Cynodontia) in the Triassic of South America and its biostratigraphic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Mutter, R.J. & Neuman, A.G. (in press). Recovery from the end-Permian extinction event: evidence from ?Lilliput Listracanthus?. Special volume Geological Society of America.

Mutter, R.J. & Cartany?J. (submitted) A new specimen of Colobodus giganteus (Beltan, 1972) from the Late Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Od?(Catalonya, Spain). Geologica Acta .

Neumann, F.H., Kagan, E.J. & Stein, M. (in press). Assessment of the effect of earthquake activity on regional vegetation - High-resolution pollen study of the Ein Feshka section, Holocene Dead Sea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.

Nicolas, M. & Rubidge, B.S. (in press). Changes in Permo-Triassic terrestrial tetrapod ecological representation as evidenced from the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup) of South Africa. Lethaia

Prevec, R, Labandeira, C.C., Neveling, J., Gastaldo, R.A., Looy, C., Bamford, M.K., Sims, H. (resubmitted Dec 2008). Portrait of a Gondwanan ecosystem: A new Late Permian locality from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.

Yates, A. M. (in press). The oldest South Australian cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

from the Palaeogene of the St Vincent Basin. Alcheringa.

Zipfel B., De Silva J.M., Kidd R.S. (resubmitted Nov 2008). Earliest complete hominin fifth metatarsal ? implications for the evolution of the lateral column of the foot. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Zipfel B., Berger L.R. (submitted). A partial hominin tibia (Stw 396) from Sterkfontein, South Africa. Palaeontologia africana.

CONFERENCES

Abdala, F:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper : Abdala, NF., Martinelli, A.G., Bento Soares, M., de la Fuente, M. & Ribeiro, A.M., South American Middle Triassic continental fauna: biostratigraphy and correlation

VI Simp? Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Ribeir?Preto, 28-30 May..

Papers: Abdala, F. La filogenia de Eutheriodontia y los cambios de diversidad durante la transici? Mamaliformes. Paleontologia em Destaque 23, Boletim de Resumos VI Simp? Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Ribeir?Preto, 17. 2008.

Soares, M.B. & Abdala, F. The first record of Probainognathus Romer, 1970 (Therapsida, Cynodontia) in the Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Paleontologia em Destaque 23, Boletim de Resumos VI Simp? Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Ribeir?Preto, 189?190. 2008

Atayman, S:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Atayman, S, Rubidge B. & Abdala, F. ?Taxonomic re-evaluation of tapinocephalid dinocephalians.?  

Backwell, L.R., d?Errico, F., 2008. Multifocus microscopy confirms bone tool utilisation by early hominids at Drimolen, South Africa. Microscopy Society of Southern Africa ? Proceedings ? Volume 38, p. 80.

Backwell, L.R., 2008. Africa is the Cradle of Humankind: fossil evidence of human evolution. South African Association of Science and Technology Educators (S STE) 4^th Biennial Conference, 1-4 July, University of the Witwatersrand, pg. 17.

Bamford, M.K., 2008. Preliminary report on fossil woods from the Early Pleistocene hominin site, Area 1A, Ileret, northern Kenya. Abstract. 12^th International Palynology Conference and 8^th International Organisation of Palaeobotany conference, University of Bonn, Germany, Aug-Sept 2008. Terra Nostra 2008/2, p 18.

Backwell, LR:

July 2008: Microscopy Society of Southern Africa, 46^th Annual Conference. 21-25 July, University of Botswana.

Paper: Backwell, L.R. & d?Errico, F. 2008. Multifocus microscopy confirms bone tool utilisation by early hominids at Drimolen, South Africa.

July 2008: South African Association of Science and Technology Educators (S STE) 4^th Biennial Conference, 1-4 July, University of the Witwatersrand.

Paper: Backwell, L.R. 2008. Africa as the Cradle of Humankind: fossil evidence of human evolution.

October 2008: DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials seminar, Wits University.

Backwell, L.R. & d?Errico, F. 2008. Bone tools and the cultural adaptations of early hominids in Africa. Strong Materials ? from Origin to Infinity.

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Backwell, L.R. & d?Errico, F. 2008. Drimolen: additional evidence of early hominid bone tool use and modification. First attempt at exploring inter-site variability.

Leenen, A. & Backwell, L.R. 2008. Large mammal butchering experiments using stone tools.

Bamford, MK:

September 2008: 12^th International Organisation of Palaeobotanists and Palynologists, University of Bonn, Germany. Organised the IAWA Sessions and social function with Imogen Poole.

Paper: Bamford, MK. Preliminary report on fossil woods from the Early Pleistocene hominin site, Area 1A, Ileret, northern Kenya.

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Bamford, MK, Fossil woods from the Early Pleistocene hominin site, Area 1A, Ileret, northern Kenya.

November 2008: 12^th Simposio Brasileiro de Palaeobotanica e Palinologia ?Revistando a Coluna White. Ampliando fronteiras.? 2-5 November, florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Invited plenary talk: Bamford, MK, Mesozoic xyloflora of Africa and comparisons with the southern hemisphere floras.

Barbolini, N:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Barbolini, N. & Yates, A. ? Reconstruction of the cervical vertebrae of Massospondylus: implications for neck movement and feeding envelop of the Prosauropoda?

Blackbeard, M:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Blackbeard, M. ?Taphonomy and taxonomy of the rare Triassic dinosaur Eucnemesaurus based on an articulated skeleton from the Eastern Cape?

de Klerk, B:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: de Klerk, B . & Berger, L.R. ?A study of small-bodied hominims from Palau, Micronesia?

Gess, R:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Gess, R. ?The Vertebrate Fauna of the Late Devonian, Famennian, Witpoort Formation, Waterloo Farm locality, near Grahamstown?

October 2008: SVP Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, 15-18th October.

Paper: Gess, R. & Coates M. "Vertebrate Diversity of the Late Devonian (Famennian) Deposit near Grahamstown, South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3)

Leenan, A:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Leenen, A. & Backwell, L. 2008. Large mammal butchering experiments using stone tools.

McCrae, C:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: McCrae, C A ?Comparative study of Late Holocene- and Plio-Pleistocene aged micromammalian owl accumulations from South Africa?

Mutter, R.J:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Mutter, R.J. 2008. The Saurichthyidae (Actinopterygii): origin, distribution and interrelationships.

Ngcamphalala, M:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Poster: Ngcamphalala, M. & Bamford, MK, A Palynological investigation of the mid-Cretaceous Orapa kimberlite pipe in Botswana

Neumann, F:

September 2008: 12^th International Palynological Congress (IPC-XII 2008) and 8^th International Organisation of Palaeobotany Conference (IOPC-VIII 2008), August 30-September 5, 2008, Bonn, Germany

Paper: Neumann, F.H., Stager, C. & Scott, L. 2008. Holocene vegetation history at lake

Sibaya and lake Teza.

Poster: Neumann, F.H., Kagan, E., Stein, M. & Agnon,A. 2008. High resolution pollen studies

at the Holocene profile of Ein Feshkha (Dead Sea)-Are vegetation changes connected to earthquakes?

Norton, L:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Norton L, Rubidge B. & Abdala, F ? ?Shape variability in the skull of Aeulognathus (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia).?

Pereira, L:

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Pereira, L. Acacia-Commiphora grassland in northern Kenya

Rubidge, B.S:

April 2008. Participation Royal Society Centenary Conference, Cape Town.

Plenary Paper: Rubidge B.S. ?A continents contribution to unraveling the story of life ? reflections, breakthroughs and possibilities relating to the Southern African fossil record.?

September 2008. Participation Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Papers:

Atayman, S, Rubidge B. & Abdala, F. ?Taxonomic re-evaluation of tapinocephalid dinocephalians.?  

Norton L, Rubidge B. & Abdala, F ? ?Shape variability in the skull of Aeulognathus (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia).?

Nicolas, M., Kemp, C. & Rubidge, B.S. ?Beaufort Group GIS initiative: creating and maintaining an interactive fossil database for palaeontological research.?

Rubidge, B.S. & Angielczyk, K. ?Stratigraphic ranges of Tapinocephalus Assembalge Zone dicynodonts: implications for middle Permian continental biostratigraphy.?

Poster:

Bordy E.M., Sztano, O., Nador, A., Nagy, A., Bumby, A. & Rubidge, B.S. ?Vertebrate (Therapsida?) burrows in the Lower Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group) in the southwestern Main Karoo Basin (South Africa)?.

October 2008. Participation in PG International Conference and Exhibition.

Keynote Paper: Rubidge B.S. The four billion-year existence of life ? Africa?s role in understanding this remarkable story.

Rutherford, A:

September 2008. Participation Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Rutherford, A. ?Biostratigraphic evidence from the central Free State enables a new perspective on Beaufort basin development?

Steininger, C:

September 2008. Participation Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Steininger, C , Ungar, PS, van der Merwe, N & Berger, LR. ?Are bovid dietary preferences integral in understanding past ecosystems??

Steart, DC:

September 2008: 12^th International Organisation of Palaeobotanists and Palynologists,

University of Bonn, Germany.

Paper: Steart, D.C. & Greenwood D.R. ?Decay rate differences and leaf area loss between leaf species in terrestrial and aquatic environments; Taphonomic implications.?

Tawane, M:

September 2008. Participation Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: M. G. Tawane, MG & Berger, LR. ?Dental size and frequency of pathologies in the teeth of a small-bodied population of mid-late Holocene Micronesians, Palau Micronesia?

Vilakazi, N:

September 2008. Participation Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Conference, Matjiesfontein, 12-14 September.

Paper: Vilakazi, N & Berger, L.R. The identification of fossil herpetological remains from selected Plio-Pleistocene aged fossil bearing sites in South Africa

Yates, AM:

October 2008: 68^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, October 15-18, 2008.

Poster: Roberts, E., Mgodi, K., Broderick, T., Yates, A.M., O?Connor, P. 2008. Palaeontology

and Taphonomy of a spectacular Late Triassic-Early Jurassic theropod bone-bed (?Syntarsus? rhodesiensis) from the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (Supp. to number 3): 133A.

Zipfel B:

June 2008: How to Build a Habitable Planet - Winter Workshop, Cape Town 18 ? 27^th June.

Paper: Zipfel, B. Origins of humans.

September 2008: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa Biennial Meeting, Matjiesfontein.

Paper: Zipfel, B, De Silva, J.M. and Kidd, R.S. Evolution of the lateral column of the hominin foot ? evidence from the StW 114/115 fifth metatarsal (Sterkfontein).

November 2008: Qalehong ? In the Beginning. Creation, Evolution and Eco-justice in the

Cradle of Humankind. 25 November, Catholic Bible College, Johannesburg.

Paper: Zipfel, B. Quadruped to biped: what does the fossil evidence tell us?