A chat with friend Professor Francis Thackeray at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Francis, the former director of the Institute of Human Evolution at Wits, is currently the Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at Wits. Here we talk about the researchers and significance of past and current palaeoanthropology work in the Gauteng province and surrounding areas, including The Cradle Of Humankind in South Africa.

http://explorers.institute/podcast/ProfessoFrancisThackerayPalaeoanthropologist.mp3

More about Francis Thackeray here: https://www.wits.ac.za/esi/staff/prof-francis-thackeray

More about Professor Lee Berger here: http://profleeberger.com

Experience a 360° view inside the Phillip Tobias vault at the University of the Witwatersrand Institute of Human Evolution here: https://www.facebook.com/explorersinstitute/photos/a.1780251858923767.1073741828.1765490780399875/1800004196948533/?type=3&theater

More about The Cradle Of Humankind here: http://www.cradleofhumankind.co.za