Cradle of Humankind

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:area 47,000 hectares
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Sterkfontein_Caves
gptkb:Bolt's_Farm
gptkb:Coopers_Cave
gptkb:Drimolen
gptkb:Gladysvale_Cave
gptkb:Haasgat
gptkb:Kathu_Pan
gptkb:Kromdraai
gptkb:Limeworks_Cave
gptkb:Luleka_Cave
gptkb:Makapansgat
gptkb:Malapa
gptkb:Minnaar's_Cave
gptkb:Motsetse
gptkb:Paleocave_System
gptkb:Peabody's_Cave
gptkb:Plover's_Lake
gptkb:Rising_Star_Cave
gptkb:Swartkrans
gptkb:Taung_Skull_Fossil_Site
gptkb:Wonder_Cave
Gondolin Cave
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:fossil_record_age over 3 million years
gptkbp:hasInscription gptkb:UNESCO
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cradle of Humankind
gptkbp:latitude -25.967
gptkbp:location gptkb:Gauteng,_South_Africa
gptkbp:longitude 27.667
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Gauteng_Provincial_Government
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Johannesburg
gptkb:Krugersdorp
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Australopithecus_africanus
gptkb:Paranthropus_robustus
gptkb:Homo_ergaster
gptkb:Homo_naledi
gptkb:Little_Foot
gptkb:Mrs._Ples
gptkbp:number_of_fossil_sites over 40
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Africa
gptkbp:region gptkb:West_Rand,_Gauteng
gptkbp:significance evidence of human evolution
richest hominin fossil site in the world
gptkbp:touristAttraction gptkb:Maropeng_Visitor_Centre
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria (iii), (vi)
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1999
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fossil_Hominid_Sites_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5