Drimolen Palaeocave System | |
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Location in Gauteng | |
Location | Gauteng, South Africa |
Nearest city | Muldersdrift, South Africa |
Coordinates | 25°58′05″S 27°45′18″E / 25.968°S 27.755°ECoordinates: 25°58′05″S 27°45′18″E / 25.968°S 27.755°E |
Established | Discovered 1994 |
Governing body | Cradle of Humankind Management Authority and Private Landowner |
Drimolen is an early early hominin-bearing palaeocave system located in the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve around 40 km north of Johannesburg, South Africa. Rich in terms of fossil hominids remains, accumulated in caves over millions of years the site is of great significance in South Africa's Hominid Fossil Sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cradle of Humankind.