Lessons to be learnt from Maropeng – Photo essay of the week

February 24, 2010

We can learn much from the lessons about humanity’s past that Maropeng offers. As shown on the signifiers along the road, on the way into the centre, Maropeng is all about discovery, exploration, imagination and celebration.

The discovery of our ancestors’ past; exploration into humanity’s evolution; imagination fired by the interactive displays in the Visitor Centre; and a celebration and appreciation of our modern lives, after the journey humanity has had to travel.

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As shown on the signifiers along the road, on the way into the centre, Maropeng is all about discovery, exploration, imagination and celebration.

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This quote, engraved on a rock at the entrance to the Maropeng Visitor Centre, gives visitors much food for thought.

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This exhibit, at the Maropeng Visitor Centre, reflects the transformation from hominid to human being, over millions of years.

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Palaeontologists at Maropeng have, over the years, worked extremely hard to uncover the remarkable discoveries we are now able to learn from at Maropeng.

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This is a partial skull of an Australopithecus africanus that was discovered at the Sterkfontein Caves in 1947.

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