US EditionFossil Science Owes a Debt to Indigenous Knowledge: Lesotho Missionary's Notes Tell the Story
Indigenous Basotho and San knowledge guided fossil discoveries in Lesotho, with local insights documented in Paul Ellenberger’s archives, correcting over a century of Eurocentric narratives.
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Lesotho: Fossil Science Owes a Debt to Indigenous Knowledge - Lesotho Missionary's Notes Tell the Story
Analysis - For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa.
Fossil science owes a debt to indigenous knowledge: Lesotho missionary's notes tell the story
For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa.
Fossil science owes a debt to indigenous knowledge: Lesotho missionary’s notes tell the story
Dinosaur footprints at Morija, Lesotho, in 1906. The person standing in front of the rock slab covered with tridactyl fossil footprints is not identified. Photos courtesy of the Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution of the University of Montpellier, France , CC BY-NC-SAFor over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with “discovering” fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa. Th…
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