We are all aware that the Sterkfontein caves are seen as the birthplace of humankind best represented by Mrs Ples - the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus specimen ever discovered. The skull was found encased in a rocky matrix at Sterkfontein in 1947, by palaeontologist Dr Robert Broom and his assistant, John Robinson. Some people call her the missing link. Now an ancient cave at Pinnacle Point, Mossel Bay could point to the earliest cognitive humans dating back to between … [Read more...] about Southern Cape Coast of Africa – The Origin of Humankind’s Cognitive Ancestors

