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. Fossils found (starting in 2013) in the cave were, in 2015, proposed to represent a previously unknown extinct species of hominin named Homo naledi.
| Rising Star Cave | |
|---|---|
Location in Gauteng Rising Star Cave (South Africa) Rising Star Cave (Gauteng) | |
| Location | Near Krugersdorp in the West Rand municipality of Gauteng province, South Africa |
| Entrances | Many |
| Hazards | narrow access |
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