Wayne’s World Cave

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Wayne’s World Cave is a fossil-rich limestone cave within South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, known for its significant paleoanthropological and archaeological deposits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
fossil site
karst feature
limestone cave
paleoanthropological site
contains sedimentary infill
vertebrate fossils
country South Africa
geologicalComposition limestone
geologicalSetting karstic dolomitic terrain
hasSignificance Quaternary paleoenvironmental reconstruction
human evolution research
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component
locatedIn Cradle of Humankind
Gauteng
surface form: Gauteng Province

South Africa
locatedNear other fossil sites of the Cradle of Humankind
materialEvidence prehistoric occupation evidence
notableFor archaeological deposits
fossil-rich deposits
paleoanthropological deposits
partOf Cradle of Humankind
surface form: Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
protectionStatus protected area within World Heritage Site boundary
researchField archaeology
paleoanthropology
paleontology
scientificUse field research site
siteType subterranean cave
timeSpanOfDeposits Pleistocene
UNESCORegion Africa

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Cradle of Humankind contains Wayne’s World Cave