- Department of Archaeology
- Conducts scientific investigations of the lifestyles and customs of the early inhabitants of South Africa through systematic research and controlled excavations.
- Florisbad Quaternary Research Department
- Conducts interdisciplinary palaeo-environmental research, develops fossil site, and presents research, publication, collection and conservation of fossil material.
- Geelbek Dunes, West Coast National Park
- Project presents discovery and analysis of the Stone Age remains, investigation of the local geology, and recovery of Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoecology data.
- King Sandile's Full Remains Found with Skull Intact
- Presents discovery and examination of the full skeleton of King Mgolombane Sandile.
- Major Hominid Find in Southern Africa
- Discusses the discovery of oldest known hominid fossils, and the limb-bone and skull fragment remains.
- New Rock Art Research Institute
- Features rock painting analysis, rock art sites, events, publications, collections and projects.
- Prestwich Place Bones
- Exhumation of more than 700 skeletons could help archaeologists to understand unwritten history of colonial Cape Town.
- Rock Art Department
- Locates, interprets, records and manages the diverse rock engraving and rock painting traditions of southern Africa, and the reconstruction of its history.
- Wesley Cracks Ancient Quest
- Article on the discovery of rare and ancient ostrich eggs which could be tens of thousands of years old.
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