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The history of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape dates back 210 million years ago when one of the earliest plant-eating dinosaurs, Plateosauravus (Euskelosaurus), was known to have lived in the area. The Mapungubwe area became a focus of agricultural research in the 1920s through the efforts of the botanist Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans.
About 29 kilometres from Potgietersrust along the national road to Polokwane, a road turns off to the right and leads to Eersteling where one may still see the rock on which gold ore was first crushed in the Transvaal and the chimney of the first power pl The credit for the earliest discovery of gold in the Transvaal must go to Pieter Jacob ...
The hominin remains that fossilised over time at the Cradle of Humankind are found in dolomitic caves, and are often encased in a mixture of limestone and other sediments called breccia. Early hominids may have lived throughout Africa, but their remains are found only at sites where conditions allowed for the formation and preservation of fossils.
Makapan Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site Location Limpopo, South Africa Part of Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa Criteria Cultural: (iii)(vi) Reference 915bis-002 Inscription 1999 (23rd Session) Extensions 2005 Area 2,220 ha (5,500 acres) Buffer zone 55,000 ha (140,000 acres) Coordinates 24°9′31″S 29°10′37″E / 24.15861°S 29.17694°E / -24.15861; 29.17694 Location of ...
The park is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a 35,000 km 2 peace park that links this park, Kruger National Park in South Africa, Gonarezhou National Park, Manjinji Pan Sanctuary and Malipati Safari Area in Zimbabwe, as well as the area between Kruger and Gonarezhou, the Sengwe communal land in Zimbabwe and the Makuleke region in ...
Sterkfontein, Cradle of Humankind Location in Gauteng Location Gauteng, South Africa Coordinates 26°00′57″S 27°44′05″E / 26.0157°S 27.7346°E / -26.0157; 27.7346 Established Declared a World Heritage Site in 2000 Governing body Cradle of Humankind Archaeologists in a structure above the entrance to Sterkfontein Sterkfontein (Afrikaans for Strong Spring) is a set of ...
Six small non-avian dinosaur eggs, no bigger than grapes, were discovered during a field study in Ganzhou, China, in 2021. These eggs now mark the smallest-ever found in the world.
It is found on cliffs above the Palala River including one site used for prehistoric ceremonies, which is also a location of some intact rock paintings. Riparian zones are associated with various rivers that cut through Waterberg. These surface waters all drain to the Limpopo River which flows easterly to discharge into the Indian Ocean.