Question

Our planet history cast in stone for a south Africa travel magazine

Answer 1

After some long years of discoveries of geologists, the rock formations in the Barberton Mountain of South Africa were concluded to be 3.2 to 3.57 billion years old.  The discovery was formally known as “the history of our planet cast in stone”.  

The Barberton Mountain is also known as Makhonjwa Mountains that stretches around 120 kilometers in South Africa. Many geological scientists around the world had made a trail on the mountain in search of old rocks to decrypt the history of our beloved planet. The mountain was designated as World Heritage site right after the discoveries of such rocks.  

Answer 2

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South Africa’s inception dates back to 40,000 bc when the San people first settled Southern Africa.

Bantu-speaking people, who traveled from West Africa’s Niger Delta, settled in Southern Africa.

There are many rivaling colonial European powers began to settle here in small numbers from 17th century with a stronghold in the Cape.

Massive colonial settlement of South Africa began in the 19th century.