<< Other Photo Pages >> Sterkfontein - Cave or Rock Shelter in South Africa
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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: SterkfonteinCountry: South Africa
NOTE: This site is 35.398 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Krugersdorp
Latitude: 26.015656S Longitude: 27.734294E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Caves in South Africa.Numerous early hominin remains have been found at the site over the last few decades. These have been attributed to Australopithecus, early Homo and Paranthropus. The site is open to the public and an on site museum interprets the finds and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Sterkfontein Caves and Maropeng Visitor Center Official Website.
Hobbyist turned archaeologist studies unbroken sweep of prehistoric time in South Africa. See comment below for details
Note: Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought, more in the comments on our page
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