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 (180 sq mi);it contains a
complex of limestone caves, including the Sterkfontein Caves, where the
2.3-million year-old fossil Australopithecus africanus (nicknamed "Mrs.
Ples") was found in 1947 by Dr. Robert Broom and John T. Robinson.
The
find helped corroborate the 1924 discovery of the juvenile Australopithecus
africanus skull, "Taung Child", by Raymond Dart, at Taung in the
North West Province of South Africa, where excavations still continue.
The name Cradle of Humankind reflects the fact that
the site has produced a large number of, as well as some of the oldest, hominin
fossils ever found, some dating back as far as 3.5 million years
ago.Sterkfontein alone has produced more than a third of early hominid fossils
ever found prior to 2010. MORE Read About It Take The Article From WIKIPRDIA
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