- The
Florisbad Skull is an
important human fossil of the
early Middle Stone Age,
representing either late Homo
heidelbergensis or
early Homo sapiens. It...
-
Florisbad is a
health resort 45 km
northwest of
Bloemfontein and 47 km south-west of
Brandfort (just
south of Soutpan), near the
Haagenstad salt-pan....
- salt pans.
There are many
natural springs in the vicinity, most
notably Florisbad some 35 km from the town. The town was
established on the farm Klipfontein...
- The
Florisbad archaeological and
paleontological site is a
provincial heritage site in
Soutpan in the Free
State province of
South Africa. The most notable...
- come from the
sites of
Makapansgat in
Limpopo Province;
Cornelia and
Florisbad in Free
State Province;
Border Cave in KwaZulu-Natal Province; Klasies...
-
human remains are
those from
Jebel Irhoud in
Morocco (about 315 ka),
Florisbad in
South Africa (259 ka), Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) in
southern Ethiopia (c...
- south-western Ethiopia,
dating to
about 233,000 to 196,000
years ago, the
Florisbad site in
South Africa,
dating to
about 259,000
years ago, and the Jebel...
-
province of
South Africa.
Village 45 km west of Brandfort, just
north of
Florisbad.
Afrikaans for ‘salt pan or depression’, the name is
derived from a large...
- time,
these were the
oldest known fossils classified as H.
sapiens (the
Florisbad Skull is older, but its
classification as H.
sapiens was then disputed)...
-
similar features to the
Florisbad Skull,
which dates to 260,000
years ago,
discovered in
Florisbad,
South Africa. The
Florisbad Skull has now been attributed...
