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Some of the footprints of two humans pieces found side by side in Kenya.

Footprints show two human species crossed paths 1.5 million years ago

One had an ape-like big toe, the other a high arch. One was a juvenile, another had a stiff foot.

  • Will Dunham

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Hopes are now high that IVF may help save the species.

Seeing the world’s loneliest animal moved me to tears. Now there’s hope

The northern white rhino is on the brink of extinction. But a laboratory in Germany may now have the means to save them.

  • Sue Williams
Kenya’s favourite cocktail, dawa.

Kenya’s intoxicating national tipple has surprising origins

Dawa started out as an experiment in a Mombasa garden. It’s one of the most refreshing cocktails around, but drinking it entails ritual.

  • Catherine Marshall
Enduring love… The Lion King’s upcoming sequel is attracting a lot of interest in Africa, 30 years after the original.

Aussies are flocking to the real-life inspiration for a Disney hit

More than 30 years ago the chair of Walt Disney Studios went on a safari and the impact of that trip is still felt today.

  • Sue Williams
Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, last year.

Olympic marathon runner dies after being set on fire by boyfriend

Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 per cent of her body.

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Tarzan meets Robinson Crusoe at these incredible treehouses

Now you can stay in a luxury tented suite in the treetops overlooking the Ntiakitiak River within the 150,000-hectare Masai Mara National Reserve.

  • Julietta Jameson
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Former soldier Adam Whittington.

Australian charity deregistered as false claims over children emerge

Former soldier Adam Whittington’s Project Rescue Children is also accused of using unsuspecting children as props to attract donations, according to a BBC investigation.

  • Cameron Houston
Jessica Hull and Faith Kipyegon

‘She said I was marvellous’: Why world record breaker congratulated Aussie rival

Jessica Hull set an Australian record in the 1500m final of Sunday’s Diamond League meeting – but was still beaten by track legend Faith Kipyegon.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Ukraine’s  Yaroslava Mahuchikh breaks the women’s high jump world record at a Diamond League meet in Paris ahead of the Olympics.

Records tumble on eve of Olympics, including one that stood since 1987, as athletics team finalised

The women’s high jump world record stood at 2.09 metres for 37 years until it was broken at the weekend at the same meet where Australian runner Jess Hull set a blistering pace of her own only to be up against a rival who also set a new world record.

  • Michael Gleeson
Nydadol Nyuon addressing students at  Kakuma Secondary School in Kenya.

After 20 years, I finally returned to the Kenyan refugee camp I’d left for a new life

I went from being a 17-year-old who appreciated a glass of water to a clichéd Melburnian coffee snob who needs three cups a day.

  • Nyadol Nyuon

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