News

We are excited to introduce you to the newest PAST team member, Dr. Emil Krupandan, as Programme Director.

PAST offers funding for research, bursaries and technical capacity to postgraduate students and senior researchers working on African excavation, at African museums or studying at African universities within the origin sciences.

PAST grantee René Sielemann won the top Ray Inskeep Student Conference Prize for best student presentation at the Association for Southern African Professional Archaeologists in Lesotho in June 2024.

At PAST, we are honoured to have a distinguished group of scientists on our Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC).

The team has just announced its first new dinosaur, dubbed Musankwa sanyatiensis.
At first sight, it’s unremarkable – just a few bones from a single hind leg. It was found with the thigh, shin and ankle bones still connected, but weathering out on the shore of Spurwing Island.

PAST applauds the recent election of Dr. Fredrick Manthi to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Manthi is a Kenyan palaeontologist and long-time PAST grantee.

In a rousing speech on 8 May 1996, former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki proudly said “I am an African”.

We are excited to introduce you to the newest PAST team member, Ms Agnes Manamela, PAST Administrator.

I am currently a Ph.D. student in the Plant Conservation Unit, University of Cape Town South Africa with interest in paleoecology, ecology, environment, and social justice.

I had the incredible privilege of attending the 26th Biannual conference of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists held at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA.

PAST is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Ms. Kimberleigh Tommy as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

I recently had the opportunity to participate in the 36th International Meeting of Sedimentology, held in Croatia.

Since 2019, PAST has provided financial support to students working on the Hunter-Gatherer Archaeological Research Project.

I would like to thank my supervisors for the continuous support and assistance in the journey and more importantly @PAST for sponsoring this project.

PAST is saddened to note the passing of Dr. C.K. (Bob) Brain on 6 June 2023.