Cradle of Humankind

Cradle of Humankind is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO first named in 1999, about 50 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa in Gauteng Province. This site currently occupies 47 000 hectares (180 sq mi), contains a complex of limestone caves, including the Sterkfontein Caves, where 2.3 million years old fossil Australopithecus africanus (nicknamed "Mrs. Ples") was discovered in 1947 by Dr Robert Broom. and John T. Robinson.

In this place, you can learn about the various relics of our ancestors, in the cultural heritage of this world, you will be treated to a variety of discoveries of human anthropology that is stored in the Sterkfontein Caves.

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