Discover the caves
Fossils, early art and wildlife in African caves.
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Fossils, art and wildlife
Three pages on what has been found in the caves.
African caves have preserved things that are lost on the surface: the bones of early hominins, the earliest known drawings and beads, and paintings made by hunter-gatherers.
They are also home to animals, from bats in their millions to a catfish known from a single cave.
Visit a fossil site
Sterkfontein and Maropeng are an hour from Johannesburg.