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Cradle of Humankind

Cradle of Humankind
Pavia, Marco; Braga, José; Delfino, Massimo; Kgasi, Lazarus; Manegold, Albrecht; Steininger, Christine; Zipfel, Bernhard; Val, Aurore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
25.9086°S, 27.7442°EOPEN YEAR-ROUND

A UNESCO World Heritage cave system northwest of Johannesburg where fossil discoveries — including 'Little Foot' and 'Mrs. Ples' — have yielded some of the richest hominid fossil records on Earth.

Nature & WildlifeUNESCO World HeritagePrehistory (pre 3000 BC)