Discovered on April 18, 1947 by Dr. Robert Broom and John Robinson, Mrs. Ples is the nickname given to the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus specimen ever found in South Africa. Mrs. Ples is estimated to be about 2.05 million years old. If you like what you’ve read why not Share, Tweet, Digg, Like, etc. You never know who might be interested. Related Articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Old...

Since we had only 2 days in Joburg, Thope had suggested a visit either to Maropeng or Sun City. Google it, she had said, referring to Maropeng. I’d never heard about Maropeng but when I discovered its background and that it had been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, there was no doubt where we’d go. About an hour’s drive from Johannesburg, Maropeng, the “Cradle of Civilization”...