Kromdraai

Kromdraai

▪ anthropological and archaeological site, South Africa
      South African paleoanthropological site best known for its fossils of Paranthropus robustus (Australopithecus). Kromdraai is a limestone cave that has occasionally had openings to the surface. The remains of hominins (members of the human lineage) found in it are associated with animals that are thought to be about two million years old and that were adapted to relatively dry and open habitats. The site also contains stone tools similar to those found at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Kromdraai is one of three neighbouring South African sites where important evidence of human evolution has been found. Kromdraai, Sterkfontein, and Swartkrans are located within the Cradle of Humankind, a region designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999.

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  • Kromdraai Conservancy — is a conservation park located to the south west of Gauteng province in north east South Africa. It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area. The caves in the area, known as the …   Wikipedia

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  • kromdraai ape-man — ˈkrämˌdrī noun also kromdraai man Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: Kromdraai, town in Transvaal, So. Africa, site of the finds : an Australopithecine (Paranthropus robustus or Australopithecus robustus) known from skull and skeletal… …   Useful english dictionary

  • kromdraai man — noun see kromdraai ape man …   Useful english dictionary

  • Kromdraai — Krọmdraai,   Fundort fossiler Hominiden (Australopithecus robustus) in der Nähe von Johannesburg, Republik Südafrika; Entdecker war 1938 der schottische Paläontologe Robert Broom (* 1866, ✝ 1951) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • kromdraai — krom·draai …   English syllables

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