Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Die Kelders Cave

Archaeological site located on the southwestern coast of South Africa, dated to 70 4 kya, containing Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Late Stone Age (LSA) artifacts and hominid remains including nine human teeth in the MSA layers, and a child’s partial skeleton in the more recent LSA layers, dated to about 2 kya; all remains are attributed to Homo sapiens.

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South African sites (... ; see also Die Kelders Cave, Equus Cave, Border Cave, Klasies River, and Florisbad.)
cave man (... cave systems, such as at Altamira. Aka cave dweller, troglodyte.)
Amud Cave (Archaeological site found in 1959 in Wadi Amud, north of the town of Tiberias, near Haifa, ...)
cave breccia (... dripped from the cave roof. See stalactite, and ...)
cave dweller(s) (... the northernmost latitudes; aka cave man. See Neanderthals.)