Drimolen

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archaeological site fossil-bearing cave system paleoanthropological site paleontological site

Drimolen is an important South African paleoanthropological cave site known for yielding significant early hominin fossils within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Drimolen canonical	2
Kromdraai	2
Drimolen Makondo	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ fossil-bearing cave system ⓘ paleoanthropological site ⓘ paleontological site ⓘ
approximateAgeRange	about 2.04 to 1.95 million years ago for key hominin-bearing deposits ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
discovered	1992 ⓘ
discoveredBy	Andre Keyser ⓘ
geologicalAge	Pleistocene ⓘ late Pliocene to early Pleistocene deposits ⓘ
hasComponent	Drimolen Main Quarry ⓘ Drimolen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Drimolen Makondo
hasFossilTaxon	Homo erectus ⓘ Paranthropus robustus ⓘ carnivores ⓘ primates ⓘ various extinct bovids ⓘ
hasResearchActivity	ongoing excavations ⓘ paleomagnetic dating ⓘ stratigraphic studies ⓘ uranium-lead dating ⓘ
heritageStatus	within a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
importanceForHumanOrigins	helps refine chronology of early Homo and Paranthropus in southern Africa ⓘ
knownFor	Homo erectus fossils ⓘ Paranthropus robustus ⓘ surface form: Paranthropus robustus fossils Plio-Pleistocene fauna ⓘ early hominin fossils ⓘ
locatedIn	Bloubank Valley ⓘ Cradle of Humankind ⓘ Gauteng ⓘ surface form: Gauteng Province
locatedNear	Kromdraai area ⓘ surface form: Kromdraai Cradle of Humankind ⓘ surface form: Sterkfontein Swartkrans ⓘ
municipality	Mogale City Local Municipality ⓘ
partOf	Cradle of Humankind ⓘ surface form: Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
preservationType	breccia ⓘ
province	Gauteng ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ surface form: southern Africa
researchField	archaeology ⓘ paleoanthropology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ
significance	contributes to understanding of hominin diversity ⓘ contributes to understanding of hominin evolution around 2 million years ago ⓘ major source of early hominin fossils in southern Africa ⓘ
typeOfDeposits	karstic cave infill ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext	Cradle of Humankind ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cradle of Humankind → contains → Drimolen ⓘ

Swartkrans → near → Drimolen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kromdraai

Bolt’s Farm → near → Drimolen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kromdraai

Drimolen → hasComponent → Drimolen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drimolen Makondo

Paranthropus robustus → foundAt → Drimolen ⓘ