"Groundbreaking Discovery: Fossilized Snake Traces Unearthed on South Africa's Cape South Coast"
Researchers have discovered the first surface fossilized snake trace in the world on South Africa's Cape south coast. The trace, made by a puff adder, dates back to the Pleistocene epoch and has been described as a distinctive pattern in the sand. The discovery fills a gap in the Pleistocene trace fossil record and may lead to the identification of other snake traces from older deposits, increasing our understanding of snake evolution and filling a substantial gap in the global trace fossil record.