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The African Education Week exhibition will be taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 20 - 22 June 2013. Maropeng, the official visitor’s centre to the Cradle of Humankind, will be one of the exhibitors and has the unique… Read more
Maropeng, the official visitor centre for the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, has launched its new-look website at www.maropeng.co.za. The new site hosts a wealth of information pertaining to Maropeng and its sister site, the Sterkfontein Caves.
Read moreOn 12 April 2013, Swartkrans, a fossil-rich site that lies in the Blaaubank River Valley of South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind, joined the ranks as one of the country’s National Heritage Sites.
Read morePrehistoric humans, fossils and a glimpse of Earth thousands of years ago kept the learners of Kwazamokuhle Secondary School enthralled as they recently toured Maropeng’s Visitor Centre.
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“Palaeontologists study animal and plant fossils; palaeoanthropologists study prehistoric culture and the anatomy of hominids and the environment in which they lived; archaeologists study material cultural remains (such as artifacts) of ancient peoples; palaeoecologists study ancient climates by analysing plant and fossil remains.”
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