# Cooper's Cave Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind

- **Country:** South Africa
- **Coordinates:** -26.012778, 27.745833
- **Location:** Gauteng, South Africa
- **Established:** Incorporated into the Cradle of Humankind 1999
- **Nearest City:** Krugersdorp, South Africa
- **Governing Body:** Cradle of Humankind and private landowner

Cooper's Cave is a series of fossil-bearing breccia filled cavities. The cave is located almost exactly between the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Kromdraai and about 40 km northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa and has been declared a South African National Heritage Site.

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**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper's_Cave (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)