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Two South African paleontologists, Robert Broom, and his assistant, John T. Robinson, on 18th April 1947 discovered Mrs. Ples – a complete skull of an Australopithecus Africanus, in a cave at Sterkfontein, 40 kilometers to Northwest of Johannesburg, later renamed to the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.

The complete pre-human skull was named Mrs. Ples by John Robinson, a name he derived from Plesianthropus Transvaalensis (Near human from the Transvaal). The fossil was dated to be 2.05 million years old. It was believed to have evolved from the Southern ape of Africa. This discovery supports Charles Darwin’s hypothesis of Africa being the birthplace of humankind

The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site before then has been a site for many discoveries, and that was what prompted the quest from Robert Broom and his assistants. Upon unearthing the skull embedded firm in the rock, the duo had to use a pickaxe and dynamite to excavate the skull. It was successfully removed but broken. However, it was able to be repaired, but not all the parts were intact, and to date, Mrs. Ples was reserved at the...


https://54history.com/a-complete-skull-of-an-australopithecus-africanus-of-2-million-years-old-discovered-in-south-africa/

Australopithecus Africanus. While we studied this things in school, they made little sense to us.

uncleck:
Australopithecus Africanus. While we studied this things in school, they made little sense to us.

I wondered how life would be for them at then. Being surrounded by water, hills, and forests.

BuchiPrinzy:
I wondered how life would be for them at then. Being surrounded by water, hills, and forests.

That's the least of my worries. History shows that our generation has the lowest life span compared to all preceding generations of living things. Studying past ages only make me wonder why people in our age, despite advance in science, has shorter lifespan than our predecessors.

uncleck:
That's the least of my worries. History shows that our generation has the lowest life span compared to all preceding generations of living things. Studying past ages only make me wonder why people in our age, despite advance in science, has shorter lifespan than our predecessors.

And I don't see it shooting up but still declining.