The Cradle of Humankind is a paleoanthropological site that is located about 50 km northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Gauteng province. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, t
Australopithecus africanus (reconstruction)
This skull is part of the holotype for Australopithecus sediba
The earliest human civilizations developed independently of each other and a cradle of civilization is a location and a culture from which one of them emerged. A civilization is any complex society ch
Cradle of Humankind
…to view excavations, once they resume at the site. (Digging has been on hold since 2009, when the remains of four A. sediba individuals were removed.) Cradle of civilization Dawn of Humanity, a 2015 PBS film…
Among the various cradles of civilization is Ancient Egypt. Pictured are the Giza Pyramids.