I have not posted a paleoanthropology pic of the day recently, so in honor of a forthcoming JHE paper on a new partial temporal bone from the site of Kromdraai, South Africa (Braga, et al.), here are a few pics of Kromdraai (circa 2005).
Kromdraai entered the paleoanthropological world when fossil hominin teeth from the site were brought to Robert Broom, in 1938. These teeth helped form the holotype of Australopithecus (Paranthropus) robustus. Since that time a variety of research groups have worked at the site, yielding thousands of fossil remains and numerous hominin specimens.
The site itself:
A close-up of some of the existing breccia:
The site is located within a region filled with fossil hominin sites, known as the Cradle of Humankind, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here is the surrounding scenery from a rainy January day:
