What have we been up to?

Today we visited the Sterkfontein caves, a world heritage site known as the cradle of humanity. The caves currently house a complete skeleton that has yet to be totally removed of an early hominid. It hasn't been typed just yet but it could very well be a new version of australopithecus. The skeleton is 4.17 million years old and currently known as "Little Foot". Check out the caves and the Maropeng at: http://www.maropeng.co.za/

Yesterday we visited another of South Africa's 6 World Heritage Sites: Vredefort Dome, the largest meteor impact site in the world. The meteor hit over 2 billion years ago and the ripples (what look like giant mountains) are still evident today! The impact was so large that the debris blocked the Earth from sunlight for over 200 years. Check it out at: http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/geography/vredefort-080605.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morokweng_crater

Tomorrow we're off to Kruger National Park and we will be staying in Oliphants and Mopani parts of the park. http://www.krugerpark.co.za/

If you're interested, also be sure to check out my teammate Paul's blog, especially the African ghost story at: http://www.levantine18.blogspot.com/
However, take anything he says with a grain of salt.(haha Paul)