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Cradle of Humankind

Sterkfontein, South Africa. -- where, in 1947, Dr Robert Broom, discovered a perfectly preserved adult Australopithecus africanus cranium, belonging to the 2.5-million-year-old "Mrs Ples." It's easy to imagine -- looking out over the bush -- looking back 2.5 million years.

 

Pretoria to Capetown - May 2002

(c) Gavin Clabaugh, 2006

 

 

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Uploaded on August 31, 2006
Taken in May 2002