Motsetsi

Motsetsi Cave (also known as Motsetse) is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cavity located about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Kromdraai and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Motsetsi has been declared a South African National Heritage Site.

[2] Since then a series of part-time excavations have recovered tens of thousands of fossils.

[3] Motsetse is a series of breccia-filled dolomitic caves that formed in a fissure along a geological fault.

Motsetsi has been dated to 1.0 to 1.6 million years old based on the animals recovered.

Students digging in the main excavation at Motsetse Cave. Peter Schmid, long-time collaborator is in the foreground.
Various deposits of Motsetse