- Idilesi: iKromdraai Rd, eGoli, eMzantsi Afrika;
- Iiyure zokuvula: ngoMvulo-ngeCawa 9-17;
- Ifowuni: +27 14 577 9000
Kungekude neGoli enye inqabileyo yeRiphabhuliki yaseMzantsi Afrika - iMingcwaba yaseSterkfonteyn. Ziiholo ezintandathu eziphantsi komhlaba.
Kufanelekile ukukhankanya ukuba namhlanje baqatshelwa njengenye yezona ndawo ezidumileyo kwiindawo ze-paleontological kwihlabathi.
Yintoni ekujonga ngayo?
Malunga nama-20-30 yezigidi zeminyaka edlulileyo, kumgangatho weemitha ezingama-55 ukusuka phezulu, amacango okuqala eSterkfontei aqala ukwenza. Ngeli xesha lonke, i-stalactites, iinqonga, iikholomu kunye ne-stalagmites zenziwe kwiiholo zazo ngendlela engavamile. Konke oku kufana nobukumkani obungaphantsi komhlaba. Ngendlela, yaqulunqwa ngenxa yokuba i-dolomite, eyakha idwala, yawa phantsi kwefuthe lamanzi angaphantsi komhlaba, aquka i-calcium carbonate.
Ukuhlolisisa zonke i-grottos, kwenye yazo ungayibona i-echibi, apho abahlali baseGoli basebenziselwa ukulungiselela unyango. Ngokumalunga nobukhulu bayo, ubude buyi-150 m, ububanzi bungama-30 m.
Kwimimangcwaba yafunyanwa ngamagqabi angama-500 abantu basekuqaleni, izigulane zezilwanyana eziliwaka eziliqela, izixhobo ezili-9 zamandulo zasemsebenzini kunye nama-fossils ama-300 emithi. Ngoku bahlala kwimyuziyam yePaleontology kunye ne-museum kaDkt. Broome, e- Johannesburg .
Kodwa into emangalisayo kunye nenqaku elityelela ingqalelo kubakhenkethi bevela kwihlabathi lonke ukuya kwizinto ezibonakalayo, kwakukho ukufumanisa okuyingqayizivele kwe-anthropologists evela eMzantsi Afrika . Ngoko, kungekudala i-phalanx yomnwe, inyo leengcambu kunye namathambo amabini atholakala. Abaphengululi be-Archaeologists bacebise ukuba oku kufumaneka kwindoda eyayiphila iminyaka eyi-2 yezigidi edlulileyo.
Kwaye iingcali ezivela kwiYunivesithi yaseWitwatersrand ziphawula kanje: "Oku kufumanisa kubangela imibuzo emininzi enzima ukuyiphendula. Amagqabha ahlukile, okokuqala, ngesethi seempawu ezingachangekanga. Ngokwezinyo ezifumanekayo, kwakungummeli we-Homo, mhlawumbi luhlobo lwe "habilis" okanye iHomo naledi (ukuhlala kwayo yokuqala kufunyenwe ngo-2013 eMzantsi Afrika emqolombeni othi "Ukunyuka kweNkwenkwezi", ummandla othi "Umkhwa weNtloko").
Kufanelekile ukukhankanya ukuba iindawo zokuqala zendoda yasendulo zafunyanwa ngowe-1936 nguDkt. Robert Broome owaziwayo.
Ndingafika njani?
Imiqolomba yaseSterkfontein i-50 km ngasentla-ntshona yeGoli , kwiphondo laseGauteng. Unokufika apha ngoothutho loluntu (№31, 8, 9). Ixesha lokuhamba li malunga neyure. Intlawulo ye-5 $.
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