In this weeks episode we discuss the significance of Kenya and the East African Rift Valley for understanding human evolution and we also Dig into an important figure in the history of paleoanthropology in Africa Louis Leakey!

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Episode 4 is a recording of the Language Matters Heritage month talked hosted by the Human Evolutionary Research Institute (HERI) and Digging In. The talk focused on how the language of science impacts young black researchers and black science journalists. 

We also recommend that you check out the talk #Blacklivesmatter Race and Racism in Science hosted by Jacana Media as part of the #Don'tShutUp series. you can watch it on the following link https://www.crowdcast.io/e/racism-in-science/register.

Follow us on Twitter go to  @Mavumavu91 for Silindo and @Robyn_Angelique for Robyn

For more on the HERI check out their website https://www.heriuct.co.za/. Follow HERI on twitter @heri_uct

Be sure to follow these great speakers on twitter!

Sibusiso Biyela @AstroSibs
Nomawhetu Hlazo @noma_golam
Dr Dipuo Kgotleng @Onthatilesmom
Christa Kuljan @ChristaKuljian

In this episode, we discuss Sterkfontein, an important hominin fossil-bearing site in South Africa. It was also the site where the first adult Australopithecine was discovered in Africa so tune in if you want to learn more!


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Intro music Firebrand by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3757-firebrand
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hey Everyone!!
Welcome to Digging in. This is a chat between our cohosts and kicking things off with a warm African welcome.

Hey Diggers. 
In this episode, we dig into Taung child the first fossil discovered in South Africa and Raymond Dart the man who "discovered" it.