African Wildlife & Environment Issue 78

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extremely competent 'citizen scientists' and some of them have published wonderful books which have been reviewed in this magazine. Such people have been self-motivated and driven to become experts in their chosen fields, despite not having university degrees. This skinny publication lacks real substance and is overpriced for what it offers.

American Museum of Natural History before taking up a position at the Transvaal Museum in 1927. Austin Roberts, renowned South African ornithologist wrote " Lang is training the boys to make good skins…Saul is far better than the other skinners and is doing very fine skins" Sithole went on a number of expeditions with Roberts and others to collect material for the museum. Saul also worked with Dr Robert Broom and Dr Francis Thackeray in their field of paleao- anthropology at the Sterkfontein caves. He was with Dr Broom when the skull of 'Mrs Ples' was discovered. This book is a tribute to the memory of Saul Sithole and a lamentation that history and racial discrimination saw to it that he was never recognised as a 'scientist' in his own right, but as a skilled and talented 'technician'. These days, many people without university training have become

Don't forget to get the new Sasol Checklist of Birds in Southern Africa ISBN: 9781775847571 Recommended Price: R50.00

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