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Sterkfontein, Cradle of Humankind Location in Gauteng Location Gauteng, South Africa Coordinates 26°00′57″S 27°44′05″E / 26.0157°S 27.7346°E / -26.0157; 27.7346 Established Declared a World Heritage Site in 2000 Governing body Cradle of Humankind Archaeologists in a structure above the entrance to Sterkfontein Sterkfontein (Afrikaans for Strong Spring) is a set of ...
Mrs. Ples is the popular nickname for the most complete skull of an Australopithecus africanus ever found in South Africa.Many Australopithecus fossils have been found near Sterkfontein, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Johannesburg, in a region of Gauteng (part of the old Transvaal) now designated as the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.
Ronald John Clarke is a paleoanthropologist most notable for the discovery of "Little Foot", an extraordinarily complete skeleton of Australopithecus, in the Sterkfontein Caves. [1] A more technical description of various aspects of his description of the Australopithecus skeleton was published in the Journal of Quaternary Science. [2]
The location where the remains of Little Foot were excavated Four ankle bones of this specimen were collected in 1980 but were unidentified among numerous other mammal bones. Only after 1992, on initiative by Phillip Tobias , a large rock was blown up in the cave that contained an unusual accumulation of fossils.
Little foot is the most complete early hominin skeleton ever recovered, with about 90% preserved. [16] Locations of A. africanus discoveries. In addition to Taung, Sterkfontein, and Makapansgat, A. africanus was in 1992 discovered in Gladysvale Cave. The latter three are in the Cradle of Humankind. [17]
Malapa is a fossil-bearing cave located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.
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Nichols Farm District, also known as the Susie Nichols Cabin site, is a historic farm and national historic district located near Cedar Grove, Dent County, Missouri. The district encompasses a house (c. 1910), barn, corn crib, associated landscape features, and refuse dump. It is representative of a late-19th and early-20th century Ozark farmstead.