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  2. Makapansgat - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of heritage sites in Limpopo - Wikipedia

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    Fosillised Footprints, Pontdrift, Soutpansberg District These fossilised reptile footprints occur in sandstone where there was a dune in earlier times which was later covered by basalt flows. The animals of tile vicinity presumably fled to the dune where a large number of fossilised prints of various animals a Type of site: Trace fossils.

  4. Stay-at-home science project: Leave some “fossil” footprints

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    Looking at fossilized footprints is one of the most tangible ways to experience prehistoric life. Gazing up at the terrifying skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex in a museum is one thing, but standing ...

  5. Eve's footprint - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where ...

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    The seven footprints, found amidst a clutter of hundreds of prehistoric animal prints, are estimated to be 115,000 years old. Many fossil and artifact windfalls have come from situations like this ...

  7. Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to ...

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    By studying the shape and contents of the bromalites and linking them to fossilized skeletons and footprints found at the sites, researchers were able to identify and categorize the animals that ...

  8. Fossil track - Wikipedia

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    A fossil track or ichnite (Greek "ιχνιον" (ichnion) – a track, trace or footstep) is a fossilized footprint. This is a type of trace fossil. A fossil trackway is a sequence of fossil tracks left by a single organism. Over the years, many ichnites have been found, around the world, giving important clues about the behaviour (and foot ...

  9. Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ...

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    Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.