Free State and it’s Geology
It is accepted that through time the geographic positions, size and a number of continents on earth has changed as a result of a process known as continental drift.
Evidence that proves that South Africa and South America were once joined, indicated in that its fossils of the same Dinosaurs have been found in corresponding rock strata in both countries, but nowhere else in the world.
The Sandstone Mountains of the Eastern Free State were also formed by dust that blew from modern day Brazil. Two very important fossils that were found in Ladybrand are the ‘Diarthrognatus’ and the ‘Euskelosauras’. They are both complete skeletons that are to be seen in the National Museum in Bloemfontein.
Ladybrand lies in the fertile Caledon Valley that has been inhabited by man for thousands of years.
Many Heritage sites in South Africa are dedicated to “The Cradle of Humankind” the origin of our human ancestors, belonging to the genus Homo.
