South Africa: Fossil Treasure Chest - How to Preserve the Geoheritage of South Africa's Cape Coast

[The Conversation Africa] I am standing on a dune looking out to sea. It's 2024, but I'm thinking about a very different time. Hundreds of thousands of years ago this 350km stretch of southern African coast looked very different. It was home to giant zebra, bird species that are now extinct, giant tortoises and crocodiles. Our hominin ancestors roamed the area.