The large mammal fossil fauna of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa: a review.

ABSTRACT: South Africa's Cradle of Humankind UNESCO World Heritage Site has remained the single richest source of hominin fossils for over ninety years. While its hominin specimens have been the subject of extensive research, the same is not true for its abundant faunal assemblages, despite their value in Plio-Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Moreover, precise ages and depositional histories have been historically difficult to assess, though advancements in both relative and absolute dating techniques are changing this. This review explores the history of non-hominin large mammal faunal reporting, palaeoenvironmental reconstructions based on these fauna, and dating histories (with a focus on biochronology) at the following eight fossil-bearing sites of the Cradle that have been radio

SUBMITTER: Malherbe M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11867040 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature