The Cradle of Humankind

Gauteng, South Africa Phone: 27 11 659 1622

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The Cradle of Humankind is a World Heritage Site first named by UNESCO in 1999, about 50 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg , South Africa in the Gauteng province. This site currently occupies 47,000 hectares, it contains a complex of limestone caves , including the Sterkfontein Caves , where the 2.3-million year-old fossil Australopithecus africanus was found in 1947 by Dr. Robert Broom ...more

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