{"id":82324,"date":"2016-11-17T18:34:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/the-story-of-little-foot\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T18:34:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:34:53","slug":"the-story-of-little-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-story-of-little-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Little Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/the-story-of-little-foot\/\">The Story of Little Foot<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>A MyJHB.co.za selected <strong>Sterkfontein Caves<\/strong> video for you:<br \/> <iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='700' height='394' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fdDJRTCqWww?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><br \/> The discovery of Little Foot is one of the greatest detective stories in the study of human evolution.  Uniquely caught on film, Ron Clarke&#8217;s, fifteen year endeavour has produced the most complete skeleton ever found of one of our oldest ape-like ancestors. <\/p>\n<p>It began in 1994 while Professor Clarke was rummaging through a box of unsorted fossil fragments blasted out of Johannesburg&#8217;s famous Sterkfontein Caves.  Initially, he found four from a single foot. Several years later he discovered more bones from the same foot, as well as a tibia, in another box. <\/p>\n<p>Convinced he could find the rest of the skeleton, Clarke got his crew to scour Sterkfontein.  The search focussed on a deep, dark cavern.  Astonishingly,  within a days, they found a piece of fossil leg sticking out of the wall that exactly matched a fragment from the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>But discovering Little Foot was only the start of a marathon project lasting seventeen years.  The skeleton had to be painstakingly removed from hard rock with the precision of a surgeon.  The value of such a pristine specimen is incalculable.  Nothing can be damaged since every feature of this earliest of humans is subject to to the most detailed scientific scrutiny and interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>Seldom, if ever, are cameras privy to the search and discovery of an early hominid of the magnitude of Little Foot.  In this beautifully filmed documentary by Paul Myburgh , viewers get a rare opportunity to watch a renowned paleoanthropologist follow a fossil trail while sharing the ups and downs, the hope and the despair &#8211; but ultimately the single-minded determination of a man on a quest to advance our understanding of where we come from.<\/p>\n<p style=\"float: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Story of Little Foot\" src=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/default-30.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE to submit your favourite Johannesburg video.<\/p>\n<p>The video was automatically curated and published with the WordPress WP Robot plugin &#8211; CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/the-story-of-little-foot\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story of Little Foot: A MyJHB.co.za selected Sterkfontein Caves video for you: The discovery of Little Foot is one of the greatest detective stories in the study of human evolution. 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