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A very very old archaeological site (ca. 125,000 to 70,000 years before the present) located within a cave in South Africa, with evidence of some of the living patterns of the earliest human beings (Homo sapiens) on our planet.
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Klasies River Cave Sites
Middle Stone Age behavior of our human ancestors, from your About guide.
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How humans and our primitive ancestors evolved, and evidence of how our ancestors
lived their lives.
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