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Decision 23 COM VIII.C.1
The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (South Africa)

Property: The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs

Id. N°: 915

State Party: South Africa

Criteria: C (iii) (vi)

The Committee inscribed this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (vi):

Criteria (iii) and (vi): The Sterkfontein area contains an exceptionally large and scientifically significant group of sites which throw light on the earliest ancestors of humankind. They constitute a vast reserve of scientific information, the potential of which is enormous.

In response to the Delegate of Thailand, ICOMOS indicated that criterion (vi) was proposed due to the importance of the site for the history of humankind, like the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (China) and the Sangiran Early Man Site (Indonesia).

Decision Code
23 COM VIII.C.1
Themes
Inscriptions on the World Heritage List
States Parties 1
Year
1999
Documents
WHC.99/CONF.209/22
Report of the rapporteur
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