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Theatre group walks tall in exploration of our human ancestors
Trying to get a handle on how human ancestors walked millions of years ago can be difficult. It is not something that can be looked up on Google, says Sbo Ntshebe, but chimpanzees provide some clues. Ntshebe is a lead performer and co-director of the Walking Tall Educational Theatre Project and for years has had to mimic the way human ancestors moved. "It is hard, but what we do is observe apes and humans and we create something in between," he says. On Friday an audience will have an opportunity to see Ntshebe’s interpretation of some extinct ancestors when he and two other actors launch the 17th season of the Walking Tall Educational Theatre project. Over the past 16 years, 1.3-million people across Africa have seen the production, and the organisers at the Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST), which produces the project, believe they are making a difference in getting Africans to understand science and their origins. With the new season comes a different story but with the sa...
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