Gladysvale Cave, Paleontological site near Sterkfontein, South Africa.
The Gladysvale Cave extends across 200 square meters within the Cradle of Humankind, containing multiple chambers filled with fossil-bearing breccia deposits.
Scientists discovered two Australopithecus africanus teeth in 1991, establishing Gladysvale as the first new early hominid location identified in South Africa since 1948.
Research teams from the University of Witwatersrand, University of Zurich, and Duke University have retrieved over 250,000 fossils from the cave's sediments.
The cave lies 45 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg and 13 kilometers northeast of other significant South African hominid excavation locations.
The horizontal bed stratigraphy of Gladysvale enables researchers to implement precise dating methods for examining fossil-rich breccias typical of South African caves.
Location: Gauteng
Part of: Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
GPS coordinates: -25.90000,27.75000
Latest update: March 3, 2025 12:06
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