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Cradle of Humankind

Cradle of Humankind is one of the sites in South Africa devoted to fossil hominids. This site and two others are collectively listed as a single entity by the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: paleoanthropological site near Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Cradle of Human Kind”, “Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa”, and “Maropeng Cradle of Humankind Museum. The Tumulus building”

Cradle of Humankind

Latitude
-25.9672° or 25° 58′ 2″ south
Longitude
27.6626° or 27° 39′ 45″ east
Elevation
1,641 metres (5,384 feet)
Open location code
5G692MM7+42
Open­Street­Map ID
way 391326248
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
7302465
Wiki­data ID
Q1130112
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Cradle of Humankind” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Die Wieg van die Mensdom”
  • Afrikaans: “Wieg van die Mensdom”
  • Arabic: “مهد البشرية”
  • Armenian: “Մարդկության օրրան”
  • Asturian: “Trubiecu de la Humanidá”
  • Azerbaijani: “İnsanlığın beşiyi”
  • Basque: “Gizakiaren Seaska”
  • Belarusian: “Калыска чалавецтва”
  • Catalan: “Bresol de la Humanitat”
  • Catalan: “Bressol de la Humanitat”
  • Chinese: “人类的摇篮”
  • Chinese: “斯泰克方丹、斯瓦特科兰斯、科罗姆德拉伊和维罗恩斯的化石遗址”
  • Chinese: “斯泰克方丹、斯瓦特科蘭斯、科羅姆德拉伊和維羅恩斯的化石遺址”
  • Croatian: “Kolijevka čovječanstva”
  • Czech: “Kolébka lidstva”
  • Dagbani: “Cradle of Humankind”
  • Danish: “Menneskehedens vugge”
  • Dutch: “Cradle of Humankind”
  • Dutch: “Gebieden met hominide-fossielen van Zuid-Afrika”
  • Dutch: “Wieg van de mensheid”
  • Esperanto: “Lulilo de Homaro”
  • French: “Berceau de l’Humanité”
  • French: “sites des hominidés fossiles d’Afrique du Sud”
  • French: “Sites des hominidés fossiles d’Afrique du Sud”
  • Galician: “Berce da Humanidade”
  • Georgian: “კაცობრიობის აკვანი”
  • German: “Fundstätten fossiler Hominiden in Südafrika”
  • German: “Wiege der Menschheit”
  • Hebrew: “טאונג”
  • Hebrew: “סווארטקראנס”
  • Hebrew: “סטרקפונטיין”
  • Hebrew: “עמק מאקאפאן”
  • Hebrew: “ערש האנושות”
  • Hebrew: “ערש המין האנושי”
  • Hebrew: “קרומדראי”
  • Hindi: “मानव जाति का पालना”
  • Italian: “Culla dell’umanità”
  • Italian: “Sterkfontein”
  • Japanese: “クロムドライ”
  • Japanese: “スタークフォンテイン”
  • Japanese: “スタークフォンテン、スワートクランズ、クロムドライの人類化石遺跡群及び周辺地域”
  • Japanese: “スタークフォンテン”
  • Japanese: “スワートクランズ”
  • Japanese: “ドリモレン”
  • Japanese: “人類のゆりかご”
  • Japanese: “南アフリカの人類化石遺跡群”
  • Korean: “인류의 요람”
  • Kotava: “Hominina serixoeem ke Geeafrika”
  • Lithuanian: “Žmonijos lopšys”
  • Macedonian: “Колевка на човештвото”
  • Maithili: “जिवाश्म होमिनिड क्षेत्रसभक स्टर्कफोन्टेइन, स्वार्टक्रन्स, क्रोमद्राइ, आ इन्भिरोन्स”
  • Malayalam: “ദക്ഷിണാഫ്രിക്കയിലെ ഹൊമിനിഡ് ഫോസിൽ പ്രദേശങ്ങൾ”
  • Malayalam: “മനുഷ്യരാശിയുടെ കളിതൊട്ടിൽ”
  • Maltese: “Benniena tal-Umanità”
  • Maltese: “Nieqa tal-Umanità”
  • Maltese: “Siti tal-Fossili tal-Ominidi tal-Afrika t’Isfel”
  • Nepali: “जिवाश्म होमिनिड क्षेत्रहरूको स्टर्कफोन्टेइन, स्वार्टक्रन्स, क्रोमद्राइ, र इन्भिरोन्स”
  • Nepali: “जिवाश्म होमिनिड क्षेत्रहरूको स्टर्कफोन्टेइन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De første menneskene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Menneskehetens vugge”
  • Norwegian: “Menneskehetens vugge”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Site deis ominides fossiles d’Africa dau Sud”
  • Persian: “گهواره نوع بشر”
  • Portuguese: “Berço da humanidade”
  • Portuguese: “Sítios com fósseis de hominídeos de Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai e arredores”
  • Portuguese: “Sítios com fósseis de hominídeos de Sterkfontein”
  • Romanian: “Leagănul Omenirii”
  • Russian: “Колыбель человечества”
  • Russian: “Стеркфонтейн, Сварткранс, Кромдрай и окрестности – места находок ископаемых гоминид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kolijevka čovječanstva”
  • Slovenian: “Najdišča fosilnih hominidov v Južni Afriki”
  • Slovenian: “Zibelka človeštva”
  • Spanish: “Cuna de la Humanidad”
  • Turkish: “İnsanlığın beşiği”
  • Turkish: “İnsanlığın Beşiği”
  • Ukrainian: “Колиска людства”
  • Vietnamese: “Cái nôi của loài người”
  • Vietnamese: “Cái nôi của nhân loại”

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