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Makapansgat (/mʌkʌˈpʌnsxʌt/) (or
Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an
archaeological location within the
Makapansgat and
Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast...
- The
Makapansgat pebble or
Makapansgat cobble (ca. 3,000,000 BP) is a
pebble with
natural chipping and wear
patterns that make it look like a
crude rendition...
- is
derived from the
Latin words m**** 'hand' and
portare 'carry'. The
Makapansgat cobble was
first discovered in the 1920s
during excavations at an archaeological...
- re-occupied from 1890 onward. The
historic and
archaeologically significant Makapansgat caves are 15 km
north of the town.
Recovery of "Homo habilis" habitation...
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South Africa. The
species has been
recovered from Taung, Sterkfontein,
Makapansgat, and Gladysvale. The
first specimen, the
Taung child, was
described by...
- near Taung) in 1924.
Other hominin remains have come from the
sites of
Makapansgat in
Limpopo Province;
Cornelia and
Florisbad in Free
State Province; Border...
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Megantereon problematicus) was
named based on
fragmentary material from the
Makapansgat locality in
South Africa, of late Pliocene-Early
Pleistocene age. Homotherium...
- at Mirzapur,
Cueva Victoria,
Pirro Nord, Ternifine, Hadar, Turkana,
Makapansgat, and Swartkrans). The two
subspecies of
gelada are:
Northern gelada,...
- and
Australopithecus prometheus (now
classified as Au. afric****) from
Makapansgat, as carnivorous,
cannibalistic predators who
utilized bone and horn implements...
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Kromdraai B, Drimolen, Malapa, Cooper's D, Gladysvale,
Gondolin and
Makapansgat have
yielded a
range of
early human species dating back to
between three...
