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Sterkfontein

Limestone cave system in South Africa's Cradle of Humankind that has yielded around 500 hominin fossils, including 'Mrs. Ples' (1947) and the near-complete 'Little Foot' skeleton (1997) - among the richest single sources anywhere for understanding Australopithecus and early Homo evolution.

Dated events and their evidence

• about 2,600,000 years ago disputed
  Little Foot skeleton (Australopithecus prometheus, dating debated between ~2.2 and 3.4 Mya) source
• 1947 CE mainstream
  discovery of 'Mrs. Ples' source

Where

26.0158° S, 27.7347° E

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2123516119
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterkfontein

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