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the Big Bang, the making of the universe, up
to the fi rst breath of life.

The geology of the Cradle/Magaliesberg
region and the time span of the events that
formed it have, for the layman (like me),
never been easy to comprehend and I can
only admire Carruthers for having so clearly
sorted it for us.
The Magaliesberg/Cradle area lies in the
centre of what is known as the Kaapvaal
Craton – a chunk of the earth’s crust that
INVOICE stretches from Southern Botswana down
to the Karoo. This dome of land on which
Pretoria and Johannesburg stand was
Planet Earth’s fi rst permanent landmass.
It emerged 3-billion years ago from the sea
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The Magaliesberg reveals almost the entire
story of life on earth. As one walks along
the slabs of rock that cap its summit, one
Bill to: sees undisturbed tidal ripples – the bed of
that primordial sea. Ripples undisturbed,
because 3-billion years ago, there were no
creatures to disturb them. Planet Earth was
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barren, the air unbreathable.
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Part Two (‘Human evolution’) describes the
happenings in the rocky landscape below
the Magaliesberg’s south-facing facade - the
Cradle of Humankind. This is where humans
evolved. This is where scientists are fi nding,
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on a regular basis in the dolomitic caves
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that honeycomb this World Heritage site, the
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fossilised remains of our ancestors from the
ROCKS THE CRADLE ‘ape men’ to humans.
When it comes to our origins, the Cradle
has so much to tell us. Carruthers now
BY JAMES CLARKE narrows down the time scale from thinking
in billions of years to just the last few
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million years which suddenly seem like
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Fof Gauteng provides a fundamental another, before going back and starting at hominids and the apes divided, leaving
experience. It has, in recent years, the beginning. chimps to go their way and us to go the
consistently revealed secrets that go back other. The story is all there in the Cradle,
to the beginning, not just of human life, but of Part One examines the ‘Life and
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(Struik Nature), portrays this region and its View of Magaliesberg.
story holistically and with enthusiasm. It is Photo by Vincent Carruthers.
heroic in its scope, brilliant in design and Inset: Cradle of Life map by
easily digestible. Account Name: Kyalami Estates
Gerry Comninos and Vincent
Carruthers
Bank: Investec
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whose name is synonymous with the Account: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Magaliesberg, has selected some Account Type: Current
spectacular photographs, as well as Branch Code: xxxxxx
commissioned maps and graphics –
about 500 illustrations in all – to produce
something that is almost encyclopaedic
something that is almost encyclopaedic Estate Office & Administration
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importantly, the layout offers so much to
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