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Rising Star Cave

The Rising Star cave system (also known as Westminster or Empire cave) is located in the Malmani dolomites, in Bloubank River valley, about 800 meters (0.50 miles, 2, 600 feet) southwest of Swartkrans, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa. Recreational caving has occurred there since the 1960s. In 2015, fossils found there two years prior were determined to be a previously unknown extinct species of hominin named Homo naledi.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in South Africa

  1. Blombos Cave
  2. Boomplaas Cave
  3. Border Cave
  4. Cango Caves
  5. Coopers Cave

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