Archaeologists Entrance to Sterkfontein Caves
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This entrance to the Sterkfontien Caves is still in active use by Archaeologists. world renound as the birth place of the human race. A number of early hominid remains have been found at the site over the last few decades.
The Sterkfontein Caves are owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, whose scientists have been responsible for the main excavations of the World Heritage Site. They are credited with many of the famous discoveries including a total of 500 hominids remains have been discovered in the area.
A skull was found in these caves by Dr. Robert Broom in 1947, which came to be known as Mrs. Ples. It is estimated to be between 2.6 and 2.8 million years old.
In 1997 an almost complete skeleton was found, and later named Little Foot. Little Foot is still inside the caves, protected by a security system.
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The earliest fossil of the homo sapiens family (human beings) was found in Ethiopia, dating back more than 200,000 years. Compared to this length of time, even the "ancient Sumerians" from 6000 B.C. are drooling toddlers.
Let's mention a few African heroes you may have heard of, for inspiration in the face of the continued economic inequality and violence which plague Africa today: Nelson Mandela, first democratically elected President of South Africa, who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison while advocating freedom and peace. Haile Salassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, who resisted Mussolini and the fascist Italian invasion of WWII, and who is worshipped as an incarnation of God by the Rastafari movement. Kwame Nkrumah, first Prime Minister of Ghana, advocate of uniting Africa in Pan-Africanism. Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat music, who declared his home to be an independent state, ran for president of Nigeria, and to whose funeral ONE MILLION PEOPLE came to pay their respects.
In June 2001 the African Union was formed, consisting of 53 African States organized, like in the EU, around common economic and political development.
Text by Steve Smith.
