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Monday Musings

Three million years ago, a 3-year-old child strayed too far away from its tribe. A predator grabbed the 25-pound toddler and, near the opening to an underground cave. feasted on its human snack.  Stray scraps fell into the limestone cavern below.

Other hominids, dragged into caves by big cats or falling into grass-covered hidden holes, make South Africa’s caves the world’s greatest source of early human fossils. About 900 important fossilized bones have been discovered in the 180 square miles of grassland and caves known as the Cradle of Humankind. Scientists have identified at least four human-like species in addition to Homo sapiens—us. These humans and pre-humans lived in the area at various times over 3.5 million years.

The story these fossils tell is that we,  Homo sapiens, of all types, are more alike than we are different and that we all started in Africa. It’s a powerful lesson for today’s divisive times

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