Окаменелые остатки древнего человека в Стеркфонтейн, Сварткранс, Кромдрай и Енвиронс /The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs/
South Africa
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Gauteng, North West Province
25º55’ S, 27º47’ E
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Место раскопок древних стоянок доисторического человека. Исследования , проведенные здесь, позволили реконструировать историю развития человека за последнии 3.5 миллиона лет. Окружающий пейзаж до сих пор сохраняет черты того доисторического периода.
Inscribed :1999
Criteria:C (iii) (vi)
Justification for Inscription:
Criteria (iii) and (vi): The Sterkfontein area contains an exceptionally large and scientifically significant group of sites which throw light on The earliest ancestors of humankind. They constitute a vast reserve of scientific information, The potential of which is enormous.
Brief description:
These sites have produced abundant scientific information on The evolution of The human being over The past 3.5 million years, his way of life, and The animals with which he lived and on which he fed. The landscape also preserves many features of that prehistoric period.
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