Public Lecture on ‘Did modern humans originate on the southern coast of South Africa?’
ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA http://www.royalsocietysa.org.za
and THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA http://www.assaf.org.za
INVITE YOU TO A PUBLIC LECTURE BY:
Professor John Compton,
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town
entitled
‘Did modern humans originate on the southern coast of South Africa?’
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