Makapansgat (/mʌkʌˈpʌnsxʌt/) (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast...

The Makapansgat pebble or Makapansgat cobble (ca. 3,000,000 BP) is a pebble with natural chipping and wear patterns that make it look like a crude rendition...

Latin words manus, meaning ‘hand’, and portare, meaning ‘carry’. The Makapansgat cobble was first discovered in the 1920s during excavations at an archaeological...

re-occupied from 1890 onward. The historic and archaeologically significant Makapansgat caves are 15 km north of the town. Recovery of "Homo habilis" habitation...

of Piet Potgieter and M. W. Pretorius. The tribesmen retreated into Makapansgat cave, where they were to suffer heavy casualties. One of their snipers...

and Australopithecus prometheus (now classified as Au. africanus) from Makapansgat, as carnivorous, cannibalistic predators who utilized bone and horn implements...

near Taung) in 1924. Other hominin remains have come from the sites of Makapansgat in Limpopo Province; Cornelia and Florisbad in Free State Province; Border...

South Africa. The species has been recovered from Taung, Sterkfontein, Makapansgat, and Gladysvale. The first specimen, the Taung child, was described by...

Pliocene Shungura Formation of Ethiopia. Fossils have also been found in Makapansgat of South Africa. Gigantohyrax maguirei is a type and only species. Holotype...

browsing species. Teeth of fossils assigned to Ceratotherium found at Makapansgat in South Africa were analysed for carbon isotopes, and the researchers...