Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn`t like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place.
We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man.
We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the like of which can be found nowhere else in the world, could be completely destroyed.