Editing Springbok (section)

===Evolution===
Fossil springbok are known from the [[Pliocene]]; the antelope appears to have evolved about three million years ago from a gazelle-like ancestor. Three fossil species of ''Antidorcas'' have been identified, in addition to the extant form, and appear to have been widespread across Africa. Two of these, ''[[Antidorcas bondi|A. bondi]]'' and ''[[Antidorcas australis|A. australis]]'', became extinct around 7,000 years ago (early [[Holocene]]). The third species, ''[[Antidorcas recki|A. recki]]'', probably gave rise to the extant form ''A. marsupialis'' during the [[Pleistocene]], about 100,000 years ago.<ref name=Cain2004/><ref name=Vrba1973>{{cite journal | last = Vrba | first = E.S. | author-link = Elisabeth Vrba | year = 1973 | title = Two species of ''Antidorcas'' (Sundevall) at Swartkrans (Mammalia: Bovidae) | journal = Annals of the Transvaal Museum | volume = 28 | issue = 15 | url=http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ6704 | pages = 287–351| hdl = 10499/AJ6704 }} {{open access}}</ref> Fossils have been reported from Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene sites in northern, southern, and eastern Africa. Fossils dating back to 80 and 100 thousand years ago have been excavated at [[Herolds Bay|Herolds Bay Cave]] ([[Western Cape Province]], South Africa) and [[Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site|Florisbad]] ([[Free State (province)|Free State]]), respectively.<ref name=Cain2004/>