Cradle of Humankind

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UNESCO World Heritage Site paleoanthropological site tourist attraction

The Cradle of Humankind is a renowned paleoanthropological site near Johannesburg that has yielded some of the world’s most important hominin fossils, illuminating early human evolution.

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Label Occurrences
Cradle of Humankind canonical 28
Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site 17
Sterkfontein Caves 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
paleoanthropological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
area about 47000 hectares ⓘ
contains Bolt’s Farm ⓘ
Wonder Cave ⓘ
surface form: Coopers Cave

Drimolen ⓘ
Gladysvale ⓘ
Gondolin Cave ⓘ
Haasgat ⓘ
Cradle of Humankind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kromdraai fossil site

Mole Cave ⓘ
surface form: Lincoln Cave

Minnaar’s Cave ⓘ
surface form: Milo’s Cave

Mimosa Cave ⓘ
Minnaar’s Cave ⓘ
Mole Cave ⓘ
Mossel Bay Cave ⓘ
Motsetse Cave ⓘ
Old School Quarry ⓘ
Mimosa Cave ⓘ
surface form: Peabody’s Cave

Pip’s Cave ⓘ
Plover’s Lake ⓘ
Skull Cave ⓘ
Cradle of Humankind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sterkfontein Caves

Swartkrans ⓘ
Wayne’s World Cave ⓘ
Wells Cave ⓘ
Wolfs Cave ⓘ
Wonder Cave ⓘ
Minnaar’s Cave ⓘ
surface form: Zwartkrans Cave
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
geologicalAge Pleistocene ⓘ
Pliocene epoch ⓘ
surface form: Pliocene
geologicalFormation karst landscape ⓘ
hasExhibition Maropeng Exhibition ⓘ
hasFossilFind Australopithecus africanus ⓘ
Paranthropus robustus ⓘ
early Homo species ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Ditsong Museums of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maropeng Visitor Centre
inscribedBy UNESCO ⓘ
knownFor early human evolution research ⓘ
hominin fossils ⓘ
karstic limestone caves ⓘ
locatedIn Gauteng ⓘ
locatedNear Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
managedBy Gauteng Provincial Government ⓘ
officialLanguageOfSignage Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
isiZulu ⓘ
partOf World Heritage Sites in Africa ⓘ
researchField archaeology ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ
researchInstitutionInvolved University of the Witwatersrand ⓘ
significance evidence for human evolution ⓘ
largest concentration of hominin fossils yet found ⓘ
timeDepthOfFossils over 3 million years ⓘ
tourismActivity guided cave tours ⓘ
paleoanthropology exhibitions ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1999 ⓘ

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