Editing Cradle of Humankind (section)

== Geological context ==
The hominin remains that fossilised over time at the Cradle of Humankind are found in [[dolomitic]] caves, and are often encased in a mixture of limestone and other sediments called [[breccia]]. Early hominids may have lived throughout Africa, but their remains are found only at sites where conditions allowed for the formation and preservation of fossils.<ref>{{cite book | chapter = If we are all African, then I am nothing: Hominin evolution and the politics of identity in South Africa | first = Amanda | last = Esterhuysen | editor-last=Porr | editor-first=Martin | editor-last2=Matthews | editor-first2=Jacqueline M. | title=Interrogating Human Origins: Decolonisation and the Deep Human Past | publisher=Routledge | publication-place=Abingdon, Oxon | date=2019-12-06 | isbn=978-0-203-73165-9 | doi=10.4324/9780203731659 | oclc=1128062043 | pages = 279–292| s2cid = 242503326 }}</ref>