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One of three neighbouring South African sites (the others being Kromdraai and Swartkrans) at which the remains of fossil hominids have been found. The fossils found include those of Australopithecus africanus, A. robustus (see Australopithecus), and Homo erectus. In 1996 researchers uncovered the most complete australopithecine fossil skeleton since Lucy, that of an A. africanus individual with a humanlike pelvis but with limb proportions similar to those of a modern chimpanzee. At Makapansgat, 150 mi (240 km) to the north, the remains of about 40 individuals of A. africanus have been found.

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No references found			In 1995, another investigator noticed foot bones of the australopithecine in a box holding various fossils recovered in the 1970s at Sterkfontein cave, just north of Johannesburg. South African find gets younger by Science News The Drakensberg Mountains are a 90-minute drive from Durban, and, with a day or two of traveling, participants can visit the Namaqualand Desert, the Sterkfontein Caves, Kruger National Park, or Victoria Falls. IBA annual conference set for October by Florida Bar News It was found in a cave at Sterkfontein on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, where the first apeman skull was spotted in 1924. 4ft apeman dug up by The Mirror (London, England)			Stereospecific Polymerization stereospecific synthesis stereospecificity Stereospondyli Stereotaxic Technique stereotaxis stereotomy stereotropism Stereotype Stereotype, Dynamic Stereotypy sterhydraulic steric anomaly steric effect Steric Hindrance stericooling Sterid Sterigma sterile sterile distribution sterile field Sterile Flower Sterility Sterilization sterilizer Sterkfontein Sterlegov, Dmitrii Sterlegov, Dmitrii Vasilevich Sterlet Sterling Sterling County Sterling Forest State Park Sterling Heights sterling silver Sterling Software Sterling Software, Inc. Sterling State Park Sterling, Bruce Sterlitamak Stern stern attack stern end bulb stern frame stern layer stern post stern tube stern wheel Stern, Andrew L. Stern, Isaac Stern, Leo Stern, Otto			sterilizer test sterilizer test sterilizer test sterilizer test sterilizers sterilizers sterilizers sterilizes sterilizes sterilizes sterilizes sterilizes sterilizing sterilizing sterilizing sterilizing sterilizing sterilizing bag sterilizing bag sterilizing bag Steriod Steriod Steriod Steriods Steriods Steriods STERJ Sterk Door Onderling Begrip Sterk Door Vriendschap Barneveld Sterk Gedragsgestoorde Licht Verstandelijk Gehandicapten Sterkfontein Sterkfontein caves Sterlegov, Dmitrii Sterlegov, Dmitrii Vasilevich sterlet sterlet sterlets sterlets sterling sterling sterling sterling sterling Sterling (cat) Sterling (cat) Sterling (cat) Sterling (disambiguation) Sterling (disambiguation) Sterling (disambiguation) Sterling (disambiguation) sterling area Sterling Biofuels International Limited sterling bloc Sterling cat Sterling cat Sterling cat Sterling College Sterling Community Center Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Sterling Correctional Facility Sterling County

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