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。