- Ikheli: Kromdraai Rd, Johannesburg, eNingizimu Afrika;
- Amahora okuvula: ngoMsombuluko-ngeSonto 9-17;
- Ifoni: +27 14 577 9000
Ekude neGoli kukhona ukukhangwa kweRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika - amaKhovini aseSterkfonteyn. Ziyihholo eziyisithupha eziphansi komhlaba.
Kubalulekile ukuthi sikhulume ukuthi namuhla baziwa njengenye yezindawo ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni wonke.
Yini okufanele ubuke?
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Kodwa okumangalisa nakakhulu okwakudonsa izivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke kuya ezokuvakasha, kwakuwukutholakala okuyingqayizivele kwama-anthropologists aseNingizimu Afrika . Ngakho-ke, kungekudala umunwe womunwe, izinyo ezimpandeni namathambo amabili atholakala. Abavubukuli baphakamise ukuthi lokhu okutholayo kungokomuntu owake waphila eminyakeni emibili edlule.
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Kufanelekile ukuphawula ukuthi izinsalela zokuqala zomuntu wasendulo zatholakala ngo-1936 nguDkt. Robert Broome odumile.
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