{"id":99413,"date":"2015-09-10T07:50:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T05:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/99413\/groundbreaking-fossil-discovery-to-be-unveiled-at-maropeng\/"},"modified":"2015-09-10T11:41:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T09:41:21","slug":"groundbreaking-fossil-discovery-to-be-unveiled-at-maropeng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/10\/groundbreaking-fossil-discovery-to-be-unveiled-at-maropeng\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking fossil discovery to be unveiled at Maropeng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of explorers and scientists have uncovered a large body of fossil elements at the <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/cradleofhumankind\" target=\"_blank\">Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The University of the Witwatersrand, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation have been intensively researching the discovery since 2013.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At Maropeng...There&#39;s a historical fossil discovery, which will be unveiled at 11:00 AM this morning.<\/p>&mdash; John Robbie (@John_C_Robbie) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/John_C_Robbie\/status\/641824472945836032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>Amongst the dignitaries expected to attend are Vice President Cyril Ramaphosa, Wits Vice Chancellor Adam Habib, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa and acting Gauteng Premier Lebo Maile.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/okUd6Ot5v0\">pic.twitter.com\/okUd6Ot5v0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wits_News (@Wits_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Wits_News\/status\/641150272270671872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='64c46b95a53d6e2272c5d0d567ee0d67'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The discovery is one of many to have been found on South African soil over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5696,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8452,8453,8454,8455],"class_list":["post-99413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cradle-of-humankind","tag-fossil","tag-homonid","tag-maropeng"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["cradle of humankind","fossil","homonid","Maropeng"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}