" These new dates from Sterkfontein complicate our understanding of early human evolution, " says Dr Granger.

“Sterkfontein 的这些新日期使我们对早期人类进化的理解变得复杂，”Granger 博士说。

" The fact that Little Foot was living at Sterkfontein 3.7m years ago complicated the picture, " says Dr Granger.

“Little Foot 在 370 万年前生活在 Sterkfontein 的事实使情况变得复杂，”Granger 博士说。

Mrs Ples's unearthing was the beginning of an explosion of findings at Sterkfontein and other sites dotted close by.

普莱斯夫人的发掘是斯特克方丹和附近其他地点发现爆炸式增长的开始。

Never ask an australopith her age Researchers have identified six distinct " geological members" of breccia at Sterkfontein.

永远不要问南方古猿她的年龄 研究人员已经在斯特克方丹确定了六个不同的角砾岩“地质成员”。

This suggests Mrs Ples—and a plethora of other fossils from Sterkfontein—are more than 1m years older than previously thought.

这表明普莱斯夫人——以及来自斯特克方丹的大量其他化石——比之前认为的要早 100 万年以上。

Mrs Ples was originally blasted from Member 4, the source of almost every Australopithecus fossil from Sterkfontein.

Mrs Ples 最初是从 Member 4 炸毁的，它是 Sterkfontein 几乎所有南方古猿化石的来源。

The previous dating of the africanus and prometheus fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites in South Africa led to them being regarded as tangential to the main, east African story of human evolution.

之前在斯泰克方丹和南非其他地点发现的非洲人和普罗米修斯化石的年代，导致它们被认为与人类进化的主要东非故事无关。