You need to take care of the root in order to heal the tree. (Gullah)
A South African Eve and her son seem to have been searching for water when they fell through a hole in a cave just under two million years ago. They remained undisturbed till 2008 when scientists found them. Click here
The years have been kind to the pair, and the bodies are complete rather than in fragments of skull and teeth that may or may not belong to each other. Eve and her son have big noses and strong hands that could have made tools. Scientists say that their long legs and the shape of their hips suggest they walked much the same way we do today. The son even left behind a fragment of his brain.
Mrs Ples is even older than the South African Eve. Her skull is all that was found of her in 1947, though a skeleton found close by may have belonged to her. Scientists say she is more than two million years old, and could be related to the Ethiopian Lucy (Dinkinesh). Her gender is currently a matter of speculation, and some believe she may really be Mr Ples.
In 2004, she voted 95th on the Great South Africans Top 100 list.
Mrs (or Mr) Ples and the South African Eve and her son lived in The Cradle of Mankind, declared a World Heritage Site in 1999. Scientists have traced mankind's first use of fire to this area.
Some current references:
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/04/09/scientists.uncover.new.species.human.ancestor
http://news.discovery.com/human/brain-human-ancestor-skull.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1264538/South-African-fossils-new-hominid-species.html
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