Word: africas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...FIRST DISCOVERED] Kromdraai, South Africa...
...Vendee Globe competitors are bound by brutally simple rules. They stipulate one boat, one person, no help, no stops, first home wins. The 27,000-mile course starts in November in the Bay of Biscay on the coast of France; points south through the horse latitudes and doldrums, past Africa to the bottom of the world; rounds Cape Horn; then turns north to home. The race takes 3 1/2 to five months...
...COMMENT] To date, found only in eastern Africa. Most famous example is the 3.2 million-year-old partial skeleton known as Lucy...
...FIRST DISCOVERED] Taung, South Africa...
...COMMENT] First ancient human ancestor discovered in Africa, it was once thought to be the missing link between apes and humans...