Ancient history

Kromdraai | anthropological and archaeological site, South Africa

Kromdraai , South African paleoanthropological site known for its fossils of Paranthropus robustus . Kromdraai is a limestone cave , which has occasionally had surface openings. The remains of hominins (members of the human lineage) found within are associated with animals believed to be around two million years old and attached to relatively arid and open habitats have been adjusted. The site also contains stone tools similar to those in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania similar . Kromdraai is one of three neighboring South African sites where important evidence of the human evolution were found. Kromdraai, Sterkfontein and Swartkrans are located in the cradle of humanity, a region declared UNESCO in 1999 Declared World Heritage Site .