“Probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.” --Charles Darwin
After arriving in South Africa I explored the Cradle of Humankind Museum to learn about our ancestry. (Read more here)
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What an interesting post as I have never been to Maropeng. I have been to Sterkfontein, where the skull of "Mrs Ples" was discovered at the Sterkfontein Caves, near Krugersdorp, on April 18, 1947. The discovery was made by Dr Robert Broom of the Transvaal Museum, with his assistant, John Robinson. Diane
The naked lady stopped me dead.
The HOMI-NERD looks like the guy who worked on my computer.
Billion. That is an big number. I saw a program describing our universe and it was said that there are "billions" of galaxies. When I try to imagine one billion I run out of places to put all the numbers in my little brain.
Gaelyn I am sure you will enjoy Sterkfontein Caves, they were not far from where we lived so I went there several times. Diane
That looks like a fascinating museum. Thanks for the tour!
Thanks for the grand tour and history and geography lessons.
I once did a paper on the evolution of the horse--which was quite nice. The flaw was I went to a Catholic school and I learned real quick that evolution was not to be talked about. Ouch! They never did talk about it and I never learned. LOL
But we gotta believe what life presents us and so much points to that theory.
I will send you a fuzzy picture of my blue turquoise. MB
I like the way the museum's structure looks like a burial mound. Looks like a fantastic exhibit!
What a fascinating post Gaelyn. I have been working on my family tree but I haven't got back that far yet!!!! Thanks for sharing.
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Really fascinating and to think we all come from a bacteria!
I like learning something new, Gaelyn, so thank you for this post. It is coincidental that I just took 3 of my Grands to the Science and History Museum in Denver where we learned a bit about the beginnings of civilization. This exhibit looks much more extensive.
Gaelyn: I remember Joan showing this place, it seems quite interesting.
My feet had a lot of swelling from our Europe trip.
Because of the time difference, I almost missed this one Gaelyn. Your photo's came out brilliantly of the place and it is altogether a fascinating article. I wonder how warm thet fire was? :)
My, oh my, what a fast track forward education you got! Thanks for sharing it.
Maropeng and The Cradle of Humenkind is a wonderful museum and exhibit. Visiting Sterkfontein Caves is a great way to top off a visit to the centre. It is great to know that mankind probably developed right here in South Africa.
I think I remember Joan posting about this..interesting.. all I could think of was how perky the breasts were on that female.. Not sure what a shrink would think of that..LOL...
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