The Maropeng Visitor Centre is surrounded by the majestic landscapes of the Cradle of Humankind, a rolling grassland which is home to a large variety of plants and animals, some of which are rare or endangered.

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Photo courtesy of Suds344

Did you know that our world was born in a ball of burning gas 4.6-billion years ago, in a universe that is about 14-billion years old?

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