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	Cradle of Humanity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The radius of 1,000 miles from Eden as the limit of the Cradle of Humanity may have been "fixed" by early Arab Christians who were the dominant inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt from the second century well into the ninth century, even after Muslim conquest of the region.
		It is important to note that the term "Cradle of Humanity" is not necessarily interchangeable with or identical in meaning to the expressions "Cradle of Civilization", "origin of man", or "birthplace of mankind" for those who use these phrases.
		The expression "Cradle of Humanity" is frequently used by persons opposed to the expression "Middle East" when that term would seem too ambiguous in their opinion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cradle_of_Humanity (2183 words)

	Sterkfontein's old, old bones - SouthAfrica.info
		Forty kilometres west of the city, among nondescript koppies, scattered shrubs and trees, is a 47 000 hectare valley known as the Cradle of Humankind.
		Showcasing the Cradle - At about the time the full skeleton of Little Foot is completely excavated at Sterkfontein in late 2005, a new multi-million rand Cradle of Humankind interpretation centre will be complete.
		The Cradle of Humankind is south of the Magaliesberg mountain range.
	www.safrica.info /heritage/sterkfontein.htm (1218 words)

	Cradle of Humankind Wiege der Menschheit UNESCO Weltkulturerbe, Südafrika
		Cradle of Humankind Wiege der Menschheit UNESCO Weltkulturerbe, Südafrika
		Cradle of Humankind Wiege der Menschheit / UNESCO Weltkulturerbe / Touristische Highlights und Sehenswürdigkeiten Südafrika
		Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, Südafrika: Nordwestlich von Johannesburg liegen eine Reihe von Ausgrabungsstätten, die wegen ihrer Bedeutung als Fundstätten hominider Fossilien als "Cradle of Humankind" in das Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO aufgenommen worden sind...
	www.suedafrika-reise.net /gauteng/attraktionen/cradle-humankind.htm (307 words)

	Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, a member of Johannesburg's BIG 5 Tourist Destinations
		The Cradle of Humankind is unique in that since 1947, there have been great scientific discoveries, which have been a breakthrough in the search for the origins of humankind.
		Aside from the rich anthropological value of the area, the Cradle of Humankind also boasts game reserves, a Show cave which dates back 2 200 million years ago, and the first Gold mine on the Witwatersrand, conference centres and upmarket lodges.
		The Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment is responsible for managing the project to conserve and appropriately develop the Cradle of Humankind.
	www.rhinolion.co.za /whs.html (1007 words)

	Real Estate for sale / Property for sale / House for sale - South Africa
		The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site comprises a strip of thirteen dolomitic limestone caves containing the fossilised remains of plants, animals and, most importantly, hominids (members of the human family and our near relatives).
		The Cradle of Humankind provides important information about Australopithecus, which is recognised as a distant relative of all humankind.
		The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site is thus a scientific treasure house containing key information about the human family, as well as early human and cultural development, information that is of universal importance.
	www.cyberprop.com /cyber1_02072004_5.shp (1508 words)

	Johannesburg World Summit 2002 - Events at Wits
		The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site GIS / PURE project will be exhibited as part of the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs (DACEL) "Greening the WSSD" exhibition.
		This will include videos on the Cradle of Humankind and possibly a live web-cam linked to an excavation at the site.
		This area is known as the Cradle of Humankind.
	www.wits.ac.za /worldsummit/event_exhib_coh.htm (108 words)

	Cradle Lodge -
		A thatched retreat 2km north of the Sterkfontein Caves.
		Normal suites: The Cradle Lodge also sports two normal double suites, equipped with king-size double beds, a sitting corner and a TV.
		The Cradle Lodge has a fully licensed pub, where you can relax before dinner, or just unwind with your friends.
	www.stayinsa.co.za /1431.htm (264 words)

	--[GetawaytoAfrica.com - Getaway magazine]--
		The Cradle of Humankind is, in fact, South Africa’s third World Heritage Site (declared in December 99 after St Lucia and Robben Island), situated in the ancient Kromdraai Valley northwest of Johannesburg.
		Which is how colleague Cameron Ewart-Smith and I landed up cruising the farm roads of the Kromdraai Conservancy in the air-conditioned comfort of a powerful Mercedes ML 270 CDI diesel 4x4 (if you’re going to visit your ancestors, it’s best to go in style, we decided).
		My wake-up call was arranged for half past four the next morning and my dreams were of a sunrise balloon flight over the Cradle of Humankind.
	www.getawaytoafrica.com /content/magazine/features/print.asp?id=531 (2215 words)

	The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site - South Africa
		The Cradle of Humankind has produced the remains of hominids (i.e.
		The area meets the criteria for inclusion in the World Heritage List of cultural properties in that it represents the combined works of nature and man. It is of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science, archaeology and anthropology.
		The excavations, which have continued for 62 years (intermittently), have left a large proportion of the deposits in the caves untouched and in situ as a temolin or witness for posterity, for the later application of new techniques of dating and analysis, and as part of the record of our heritage.
	www.ecotravel.co.za /Craddle_of_Humankind.htm (899 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The Cradle of Humankind is a World Heritage Site first named by UNESCO in 1999, about 50 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Gauteng province.
		In 1954 C.K. "Bob" Brain began working at sites in the Cradle including Coopers and he soon would initiate his three decade work at Swartkrans cave which would result in the recovery of the second largest sample of hominid remains from the Cradle.
		The hominid remains at the Cradle of Humankind are found in dolomitic caves and are encased in a mixture of limestone and other sediments called breccia and fossilised over time.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cradle_of_Humankind (598 words)

	The Story of Africa\| BBC World Service
		It is in Africa that the oldest fossils of the early ancestors of humankind have been found, and it is the only continent that shows evidence of humans through the key stages of evolution.
		Scientific techniques, ranging from fossil identification, radiocarbon dating and analysis of DNA - the human genetic blueprint passed down from one generation to the next - all support the notion that Africa, and in particular the eastern and southern regions, is the cradle of humankind.
		Listen to Origins Of Humankind, the first programme in the BBC landmark radio series The Story of Africa, presented by Hugh Quarshie
	www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section2.shtml (185 words)

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		Cradle of Humankind Accommodation - 5 Accommodation Establishments in Cradle of Humankind South Africa
		De Hoek - the Stone House - the only 5 star country house in Magaliesburg, is situated in a unique valley; distinguished by its pocket of indigenous bush, amongst a sprawling farming community and a small but bountiful river.
	www.safarinow.com /destinations/Cradle-of-Humankind (327 words)

	Cradle of Humankind
		This complex series of caves is the site where Mrs Ples, the skull of a 2 million year old female, was found.
		Only 45 minutes from Johannesburg, nestling in the peaceful Sterkfontein rural valley, lies the Cradle of Humankind - a World Heritage Site - and is the world's richest hominid site.
		The Cradle of Humankind is situated only 45 mintues from Johannesburg and Pretoria and only 10 mintues from Lanseria Airport.
	www.places.co.za /html/sterkfontein_caves.html (417 words)

	South Africa - Visit Our Geological Wonderland: Cradle of Humankind (Sterkfontein) World Heritage Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Collectively known as the “Cradle of Humankind” the sites provide important information on the very early development of the human family in Africa, and on the environment in which our remote ancestors evolved.
		Locality map of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (after DACEL 1999).
		The Cradle of Humankind, being very accessible from both Johannesburg and Pretoria, is being developed as a premier tourism area.
	www.geoscience.org.za /wonderland/cradle.htm (402 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Cradle is a 3 000 hectare (about 30 000 acres) private nature reserve, set in pristine countryside in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.
		The Cradle Nature Reserve has been stocked with 32 species of wild animals endemic to this region, including white rhino, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, impala, waterbuck, jackal, vervet monkey, baboon, rare brown hyena and the shy, seldom-seen leopard.
		The theory is that Man may have got the idea of rasping two flint stones together to create a spark from watching lightening strikes during a Highveld thunderstorm.
	www.gauteng.com /wildlife/cradle.html (1296 words)

	www.sagoodnews.co.za \| search \| tourism ‘Cradle’ gets a revamp
		The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site is already a fascinating tourist destination, but plans are underway to maximise the potential of this amazing and unique site.
		Sterkfontein Cave is the most famous of 13 excavated fossil sites in the broader Cradle of Humankind site.
		As Mashatile puts it: “The Cradle of Humankind must be a place where human development is celebrated”.
	www.sagoodnews.co.za /search/tourism/445800.htm (410 words)

	Cradle of Humankind Map \| A detailed map of the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa
		A detailed map of the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa
		Cradle of Humankind Map, South Africa : A detailed map of the Cradle of Humankind in Gauteng, South Africa.
		Cradle of Humankind: The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs in Gauteng and North West Province.
	www.sa-venues.com /maps/gauteng_cradle_of_humankind.htm (226 words)

	Apartheid and ‘The Cradle of Humankind’
		As my plane readied for touchdown at South Africa’s Johannesburg International Airport, I pondered anew this beautiful country with its rich heritage of both splendour and pain. Once the despised pariah of the international community for its enforced policy of racial ‘apartheid’ (‘separateness’), it was now nine years since the crumbling of that system.
		One of the clear evidences of this wave of evolutionism was recurring publicity about ‘The Cradle of Humankind’.
		The notion that humans had evolved in Africa was age-old, and had if anything contributed to the denigration of the African in the minds of Europeans. (The subliminal message absorbed was that Africans, being geographically closer to the site of their ape ancestors, were thus also biologically closer to apes.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v26/i2/apartheid.asp (1295 words)

	African wildlife and reviews
		It is mostly clear and concise although I found several cases of repetition and believe that the promotion of ‘The Cradle of Humankind’ (which is sometimes mentioned as often as three times in a single paragraph) is a tad excessive.
		As a naturalist rather than a palaeontologist, I was intrigued by the last part of the book which describes the fauna and flora of the Cradle of Humankind.
		Here, we not only have descriptions and illustrations of animals and plants which may be seen today, but also of extinct mammals whose skeletons have been uncovered alongside those of ancient man. Giant buffalo, hartebeest, and hyrax once occurred in the wooded grasslands alongside short-necked giraffe and sabre-toothed cats.
	www.wildwatch.com /resources/reviews/cradleofhumankind.asp (823 words)

	The Mount Grace Hotel - Area Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		These include a 3.3 million year old ancestor of humankind, stone tools dating back some 2 million years and the world's most perfect pre-human skull ever found - affectionately known as Mrs Ples.
		There are twelve explored sites within the Cradle of Humankind area including the Sterkfontein Caves.
		Known as the Cradle of Humankind, was declared a World Heritage Site (WHS) due to its outstanding universal value to significant palaeo-anthropological and archaeological discoveries made within the twelve sites.
	www.mountgrace.co.za /area_info_12.html (801 words)

	Earliest Africa: The Cradle of Humankind
		When Charles Darwin first published his theory that African was the “cradle of humankind,” it provoked outrage.
		But, in fact, Africa is the birth of humankind, the source of our mythological Eden.
		Finally, in 1959, they discovered a skull of a robust australopithecine, nicknamed “Dear Boy.” The skull was radiometrically dated at 1.8 million years old and its discovery meant that the Leakeys now had financial support to continue doing what they were doing.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/african_history/105708 (467 words)

	Geological Heritage Tours: The Cradle of Humankind
		In the area there are also numerous eco-tourism attractions, restaurants and a wide variety of places of accommodation, arts and crafts places, and art galleries.
		The process of turning the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site into a top international tourist destination is well underway, under the management of Gauteng's Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs (DACEL).
		At present exclusive personal tours (half-day to full-day) to a number of the sites can be arranged, conducted by specialist scientists who are working in the area.
	www.geosites.co.za /cradle.htm (1458 words)

	New Sterkfontein facility ready for Easter Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		To bring the facilities at Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site in line with international tourism standards a major upgrading initiative is underway.
		The second phase, the Cradle of Humankind Interpretation Centre Complex located eight kilometres away from the Sterkfontein Caves, is also progressing well.
		The Cradle of Humankind development is the first public private partnership of its kind in South Africa.
	www.tbcsa.org.za /messages/137.html (794 words)

	Read about Cradle of Humankind at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Cradle of Humankind and learn about Cradle of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Read about Cradle of Humankind at WorldVillage Encyclopedia.
		Research Cradle of Humankind and learn about Cradle of Humankind here!
		Unesco in 2000, a half-hour-long drive northwest from
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Cradle_of_Humankind (175 words)

	:: STERKFONTEIN'S OLD BONES :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Cradle of Humankind is south of the Magaliesberg mountain range.
		Fifty kilometres west of the city, among nondescript koppies, scattered shrubs and trees, is a 47 000 hectare valley known as the Cradle of Humankind.
		Charles Darwin predicted in the 19th Century that the origins of humankind would be traced back to Africa because that's where the great apes live.
	www.joburg.org.za /sep_2002/cradle.stm (1114 words)

	:: SHOWCASING THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		AT about the time the full skeleton of Little Foot is completely excavated at Sterkfontein in September 2005, the new Cradle of Humankind Interpretation Centre will be complete, ready to showcase one of the country's most extraordinary World Heritage Sites.
		The partners in the new development are Furneaux Stewart GAPP Consortium, Wits University, and the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs, which has provided the R163-million as a grant.
		Mohale's Gate will be the hub of the cradle site, the anchor of the whole site, the cultural and corporate event site for the area.
	www.joburg.org.za /2004/feb/feb27_cradle.stm (1262 words)

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		An exclusive tranquil hideaway in the Cradle of Humankind Natural Heritage Site, less than one hour’s drive from Johannesburg.
	www.portfoliocollection.com /destinations/cradle-of-humankind/hub.aspx (137 words)

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