Drimolen
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Drimolen is an important South African paleoanthropological cave site known for yielding significant early hominin fossils within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage area.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drimolen canonical | 2 |
| Kromdraai | 2 |
| Drimolen Makondo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126646 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drimolen Context triple: [Cradle of Humankind, contains, Drimolen]
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A.
Ossehoek
Ossehoek is a small island located in the Grevelingen lake area in the southwestern Netherlands, known primarily as a quiet nature and recreation spot.
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B.
Longhope
Longhope is a small coastal settlement on the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland, known for its maritime heritage and scenic harbor.
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C.
Swartberg Complex
The Swartberg Complex is a mountainous conservation area in South Africa renowned for its dramatic sandstone ranges, rich biodiversity, and exceptional fynbos vegetation within the Cape Floristic Region.
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D.
Vaal Triangle
The Vaal Triangle is a major industrial and urban region in South Africa, centered around the Vaal River and known for its heavy manufacturing and petrochemical industries.
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E.
Kasulu
Kasulu is a town in western Tanzania that serves as one of the main urban and commercial centers of the Kigoma Region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drimolen Target entity description: Drimolen is an important South African paleoanthropological cave site known for yielding significant early hominin fossils within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage area.
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A.
Ossehoek
Ossehoek is a small island located in the Grevelingen lake area in the southwestern Netherlands, known primarily as a quiet nature and recreation spot.
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B.
Longhope
Longhope is a small coastal settlement on the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland, known for its maritime heritage and scenic harbor.
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C.
Swartberg Complex
The Swartberg Complex is a mountainous conservation area in South Africa renowned for its dramatic sandstone ranges, rich biodiversity, and exceptional fynbos vegetation within the Cape Floristic Region.
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D.
Vaal Triangle
The Vaal Triangle is a major industrial and urban region in South Africa, centered around the Vaal River and known for its heavy manufacturing and petrochemical industries.
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E.
Kasulu
Kasulu is a town in western Tanzania that serves as one of the main urban and commercial centers of the Kigoma Region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
fossil-bearing cave system ⓘ paleoanthropological site ⓘ paleontological site ⓘ |
| approximateAgeRange | about 2.04 to 1.95 million years ago for key hominin-bearing deposits ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| discovered | 1992 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Andre Keyser ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Pleistocene
ⓘ
late Pliocene to early Pleistocene deposits ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Drimolen Main Quarry
ⓘ
Drimolen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Drimolen Makondo
|
| hasFossilTaxon |
Homo erectus
ⓘ
Paranthropus robustus ⓘ carnivores ⓘ primates ⓘ various extinct bovids ⓘ |
| hasResearchActivity |
ongoing excavations
ⓘ
paleomagnetic dating ⓘ stratigraphic studies ⓘ uranium-lead dating ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | within a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| importanceForHumanOrigins | helps refine chronology of early Homo and Paranthropus in southern Africa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Homo erectus fossils
ⓘ
Paranthropus robustus ⓘ
surface form:
Paranthropus robustus fossils
Plio-Pleistocene fauna ⓘ early hominin fossils ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bloubank Valley
ⓘ
Cradle of Humankind ⓘ Gauteng ⓘ
surface form:
Gauteng Province
|
| locatedNear |
Kromdraai area
ⓘ
surface form:
Kromdraai
Cradle of Humankind ⓘ
surface form:
Sterkfontein
Swartkrans ⓘ |
| municipality | Mogale City Local Municipality ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cradle of Humankind
ⓘ
surface form:
Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
|
| preservationType | breccia ⓘ |
| province | Gauteng ⓘ |
| region |
Southern Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Africa
|
| researchField |
archaeology
ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| significance |
contributes to understanding of hominin diversity
ⓘ
contributes to understanding of hominin evolution around 2 million years ago ⓘ major source of early hominin fossils in southern Africa ⓘ |
| typeOfDeposits | karstic cave infill ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageContext | Cradle of Humankind ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drimolen Description of subject: Drimolen is an important South African paleoanthropological cave site known for yielding significant early hominin fossils within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage area.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kromdraai
this entity surface form:
Kromdraai
this entity surface form:
Drimolen Makondo