Wondering where your ancestors originally came from? 45 minutes northwest of Jo'burg is the Cradle of Humankind, declared a World Heritage site in 1999. 'Mrs Ples' the world's first complete Australopithecus skull was discovered here in 1947; you can tour the Sterkfontein Caves (+27119566342), where a 3.3-million-year-old hominid skeleton was discovered in 1997.

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