<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Location of Cradle of Humankind </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Cradle of Humankind is a paleoanthropological site about 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Gauteng province . Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, the site currently occupies 47,000 hectares (180 sq mi) and it contains a complex of limestone caves . The registered name of the site in the list of World Heritage Sites is Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa . </P> <P> The Sterkfontein Caves were the site of the discovery of a 2.3 - million - year - old fossil Australopithecus africanus (nicknamed "Mrs. Ples"), found in 1947 by Robert Broom and John T. Robinson . The find helped corroborate the 1924 discovery of the juvenile Australopithecus africanus skull known as the "Taung Child", by Raymond Dart, at Taung in the North West Province of South Africa, where excavations still continue . </P>

In which province is the cradle of humankind