Sarah Wild is a freelance science journalist based in South Africa. She studied physics, electronics, and English literature at Rhodes University, and she recently completed a master’s in science medicine, with a focus on bioethics. Wild has written about particle physics, cosmology, forensics, and archaeology, among other subjects.
A restitution effort in South Africa illustrates the challenges to scientists, policymakers, and living descendants as they navigate the complex repercussions of genetic analysis for unethically obtained human remains.
A team of archaeologists is working to uncover whether ancient objects in South Africa were once used as sound tools to make noise or music.
In the first effort of its kind, a team at a South African university not only returns human remains to families but also provides a window into the world of ancestral San and Khoe people.
More than 100 millennia ago, people were roasting tubers over the fire, a culinary practice that fueled their bodies and may have aided their migrations.
