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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 ...
Eve's footprint is the popular name for a set of fossilised footprints discovered on the shore of Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa in 1995. They are thought to be those of a female human and have been dated to approximately 117,000 years ago. This makes them the oldest known footprints of an anatomically modern human.
Advocate J. G. Strijdom, Prime Minister of South Africa from 1954 to 1958, lived in this house. The house was designed by Gerhard Moerdyk and is in the neo-Cape- Dutch style. Advocate J. G. Strijdom, Prime Minister of South Africa from 1954 to 1958, lived in this house. The house was designed by Gerhard Moerdyk and is in the neo-Cape- Dutch style.
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa: North West, Limpopo, Gauteng: 1999 915bis; iii, vi (cultural) This site comprises caves and other locations where the remains of Australopithecus africanus, dating up to 3.5 million years ago, and Paranthropus, dating up to 4.5 million years ago, were discovered, providing crucial insight into human evolution.
The West Coast Fossil Park is a fossil park near Langebaanweg, Western Cape, South Africa, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Cape Town. [1] The fossil sites of Langebaanweg have exceptionally well-preserved remains of fossil fauna that date to circa 5.2 million years ago. [ 2 ]
The Waterberg (Northern Sotho: Thaba Meetse) is a mountainous massif of approximately 654,033 hectare in north Limpopo Province, South Africa. The average height of the mountain range is 600 m with a few peaks rising up to 2,000 m above sea level. Vaalwater town is located just north of the mountain range.
Marakele is home to the big five (buffalo did not exist in the park, but 20 disease-free buffalo (nine cows and eleven bulls) were re-introduced on 15 October 2013) [1] as well as sixteen species of antelopes and over 250 species of birds, including the largest colony of Cape vultures in the world (around 800 breeding pairs) [citation needed].
Soutpansberg, Limpopo Province, Tshiavha village, South Africa Coordinates 22°51′18″S 30°18′20″E / 22.85500°S 30.30556°E / -22.85500; 30