Explore Transvaal Caves excavation site and see historic remains of our ancestors, like a true paleoanthropologist!
Inside Sapiens, Transvaal Caves are reproduced, with themed settings that recall the famous excavation fields of the time, where scientists, paleontologists, anthropologists and experts have carried out extraordinary feats. Discover how paleoanthropologists study fossil finds, what the techniques are and what the challenges of field research are.
Where are Transvaal Caves?
Located about 50 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, caves such as Sterkfontein and Swartkrans have yielded unique discoveries. Thanks to the work of pioneers such as Robert Broom and Raymond Dart, we have been able to reconstruct part of our evolutionary history.
Sterkfontein Cave is one of the most famous and has given the world iconic fossils such as Mrs. Ples, a nearly complete skull of Australopithecus africanus .
Swartkrans Cave is known for its fossils of Paranthropus robustus, which had a massive jaw and teeth suited to a vegetarian diet.
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