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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...
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Latin words m****,
meaning ‘hand’, and portare,
meaning ‘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...
- of Piet
Potgieter and M. W. Pretorius. The
tribesmen retreated into
Makapansgat cave,
where they were to
suffer heavy casualties. One of
their snipers...
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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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Kromdraai B, Drimolen, Malapa, Cooper's D, Gladysvale,
Gondolin and
Makapansgat have
yielded a
range of
early human species dating back to
between three...
- data to
refine bovid paleodietary reconstruction: a case
study from the
Makapansgat Limeworks hominin locality".
Journal of
Human Evolution. 36 (6): 705–718...
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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...
