Sterkfontein

Sterkfontein

Situs in Africa Australi

Cavernae Sterkfontein sunt locus archaeologicus Africae Australis prope oppidum Krugersdorp, fere 30 chm a Iohannesburgo ad boream et occidentem versus distans. Pars est loci patrimonii mundialis Cradle of Humankind (scilicet "humani generis incunabulum"). Ibi reperta sunt vestigia hominum animaliumque inter annos fere 3 670 000 et 1 100 000 a.p. viventium.

Bibliographia

• C. K. Brain, The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy. Chicagi: University of Chicago Press, 1981. ISBN 978-0-226-07090-2
• Robin Huw Crompton et al., "Functional Anatomy, Biomechanical Performance Capabilities and Potential Niche of StW 573: an Australopithecus Skeleton (circa 3.67 Ma) From Sterkfontein Member 2, and its significance for The Last Common Ancestor of the African Apes and for Hominin Origins" (29 Novembris 2018) apud bioRxiv

Nexus interni

• Swartkrans

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Sterkfontein spectant.

• "Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa" apud UNESCO

Haec stipula ad archaeologiam spectat. Amplifica, si potes!