Motion graphic: Mrs Ples
988 views · Published 14 February 2014 · 1:10 · Indexed 23 September 2026
Channel: YOUMAGAZINETV · 2014 · Entertainment
This important fossil was found in South Africa. Mrs. Ples is the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus specimen ever found in South Africa. Many fossils of this species, which are considered to be the distant relatives of all humankind, have been found in the Sterkfontein area, in what has been designated the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, which is situated approximately 70 kilometres southwest of Pretoria. Mrs. Ples was discovered by Robert Broom and John T. Robinson on 18 April 1947. The cranial capacity is about 485 cubic centimeters. Follow us on http://www.you.co.za, http://www.facebook.com/YOUmagazineSA and http://www.twitter.com/youmagazine
