Australopithecus africanus, Mrs. Ples skull Kentrosaurus and Monetta in 1993

and Monetta in 1993

Around 90 percent of the specimen’s bones were recovered

fish teeth & bones from the phosphate beds of Khouribga

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Australopithecus africanus, Mrs. Ples skull Kentrosaurus and Monetta in 1993Mrs. 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 Dr. Robert