1. Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5
Term 4: Planet Earth and Beyond
Fossils
(PPT 3)

2. The importance of African fossils
Topic 4 Fossils
The importance of African fossils
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3. Fossils found in South Africa
In South Africa, important fossils have been found.
Important fossils found here include the Coelacanth and African Dinosaurs.
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4. Coelacanth Type of lung fish.
We thought it died out 65 million years ago.
In 1938 a living Coelacanth was found in South Africa.
These fish are now endangered.
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5. African dinosaurs
Many of the dinosaur fossils found were found in Africa.
Many of these fossils are about 221 million years old.
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6. South African fossil sites
Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg.
Human fossils have been found there.
These fossils are called hominids.
In 2010, the remains of two hominids that lived 2 million years ago were found there.
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7. South African fossil sites
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