A search for origins : science, history and South Africa's Cradle of Humankind / edited by Philip Bonner, Amanda Esterhuysen, Trefor Jenkins. - Johannesburg : Wits University Press, c2007. - xvii, 313 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm

"This book aims to provide an overview of the history of South Africa's 'Cradle of Humankind', and of the important human and animal fossils that have been discovered there, for a non-specialist audience."--Jacket.

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Evolutionary paleobiology--South Africa.
Prehistoric peoples--South Africa.
Fossil hominids--South Africa.


Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (South Africa)
South Africa--History.
South Africa--Antiquities.

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