SA set to rock humanity’s Cradle for second time as birthplace of culture

Archaeologists are still discovering new sites that mark critical stages for humanity, and Unesco is very interested

24 September 2020 - 19:12 By bobby jordan

It may have taken a while — 100,000 years or so — but the world looks set to acknowledge SA as the birthplace of brainy humans...

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