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Lateral view of “Mrs. Ples,” a 2.7-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus skull found in 1947 at Sterkfontein, South Africa, by anthropologist Robert Broom and originally categorized as Plesianthropus transvaalensis. Kromdraai, Sterkfontein, and Swartkrans, South Africa, located within the Cradle of Humankind, a region designated a World Heritage site in 1999. reconstructed replica of “Mrs. Ples,” an Australopithecus africanus skull
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South Africa's 'cradle of humankind' caves reopens for public • Apr. 17, 2025, 3:45 AM ET (The Hindu)
Wits University reopens Sterkfontein Caves after 2022 flooding damage • Apr. 16, 2025, 5:27 AM ET (Daily Maverick)

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Lateral view of “Mrs. Ples,” a 2.7-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus skull found in 1947 at Sterkfontein, South Africa, by anthropologist Robert Broom and originally categorized as Plesianthropus transvaalensis.
Kromdraai, Sterkfontein, and Swartkrans, South Africa, located within the Cradle of Humankind, a region designated a World Heritage site in 1999.
reconstructed replica of “Mrs. Ples,” an Australopithecus africanus skull
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