“We are just an average breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star” Stephen Hawking.

Sunday was a rainy day in Johannesburg.  The group enjoyed a three-stop morning shopping trip ahead of the afternoon visit to the Cradle of Humankind. The day ended with the annual apotheosis of the Farewell Gala and Award Ceremony.

 

The Maropeng Visitor Center is the welcoming building at the Cradle of Humankind.  It features an expo on human evolution from 5 million years ago, when the first hominids came to life, as different species. Current human, Homo sapiens, will come to fore only 200,000 years later.

 

Maropeng welcomes you to the Cradle of Humankind, a 130 sq. mile research site where fossils of very early human ancestors were discovered.  Thinking that the first humans evolve, during millions of years, 30 miles away from Johannesburg is quite exciting.  A tour of the Cradle will acquaint you with the remains of Australopithecus africanus (Mr. Ples) discovered 1947; he lived there 2.2 million years ago.

Many other fossils, such as those of Paranthropus robutus and Australopithecus naledi, are also offered to your perusal and erudition.

It is of note that Lucy, an Australopithecus afarensis, lived 3.2 million years ago, presumably in Ethiopia where her fossils were discovered. The oldest pre-human fossil dates back to 3.6 million years, it was discovered in Tanzania.

 

At the visitor center, a display of photographs and digital items takes in a journey through the work of the archeological teams, to the very beginning of humankind. It ends with the futuristic vision of what may await Homo sapiens currently confronted to monumental ecological and demographic challenges.

 

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The Farewell Gala and Award Ceremony was held in the grand ballroom of the Plaza. The travelers came in at the pinnacle of their elegance. The cultural show was produced by Soweto-based Power Warocka Entertainment. It featured a combination of Zulu folk dance, Tswana folk dance, gumboot dance, Djembe drumming, multiple songs and a marimba band. It was heavenly.

 

The dance party was outsourced to the well-known American disk jockey, DJ Rudy.  It lasted until the wee hours of the morning.

 

(The Traveller, Monday, October 9, 2017)

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