PLEASE NOTE: ** Please ensure that passports are valid for at least 9 months subsequent to the first date of travel of this tour. ** Visas, all personal travel documentation, travel rules & regulations, required vaccinations & inoculations are the travellers own responsibility. ** It is mandatory that each traveller has sufficient travel & medical insurance in order to join in on this tour.
SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT OUR ORIGINS IN SOUTH AFRICA:
The universe was formed about 14-billion years ago.
The earth is about 4.6-billion years old.
Life first emerged about 3.8-billion years ago.
Fossils of some of the earliest known life forms on earth have been found in South Africa.
South Africa has yielded fossils of some of the earliest known dinosaurs as well as our distant mammal-like ancestors, dating back at least 200-million years.
Hominins (the ancestors of modern humans) emerged in South Africa 3.8 million years ago.
The first stone tools were made and used at least 2.6-million years ago.
Our ancestors were able to use and control fire at least 1-million years ago.
Homo sapiens (modern humans), the species to which we all belong, evolved in Africa approximately 300 000 years ago.
A hominid is a member of the family Hominidae, the great apes including orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and humans.
A hominine is a member of the subfamily Homininae including gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans (excludes orangutans).
A hominin is a member of the tribe Hominini including chimpanzees and humans.
Some of the oldest known evidence of modern human behaviour and rock art has been discovered in South Africa.
