Drimolen cave complex
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The Drimolen cave complex is a fossil-rich paleoanthropological site in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind, known for yielding important early hominin and other Pleistocene animal remains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drimolen cave complex canonical | 1 |
| Drimolen hominin-bearing cave system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22907941 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drimolen cave complex Context triple: [Drimolen Main Quarry, partOf, Drimolen cave complex]
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A.
Sudwala Caves
Sudwala Caves are a famous and extensive limestone cave system in South Africa, renowned as one of the oldest known caves in the world and a popular tourist attraction.
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B.
Gladysvale Cave
Gladysvale Cave is a fossil-rich limestone cave in South Africa famous for yielding important early hominin and animal remains that illuminate human evolution.
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C.
Swartkrans Cave
Swartkrans Cave is a key paleoanthropological site in South Africa famous for its rich assemblage of early hominin fossils and evidence of some of the earliest known controlled use of fire.
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D.
St. Pietersberg Caves
St. Pietersberg Caves are an extensive network of man-made limestone tunnels and quarries renowned for their historical significance and underground tours in the Maastricht area of the Netherlands.
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E.
Motsetse Cave
Motsetse Cave is a fossil-bearing limestone cave in South Africa that forms part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, known for its important paleoanthropological remains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drimolen cave complex Target entity description: The Drimolen cave complex is a fossil-rich paleoanthropological site in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind, known for yielding important early hominin and other Pleistocene animal remains.
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A.
Sudwala Caves
Sudwala Caves are a famous and extensive limestone cave system in South Africa, renowned as one of the oldest known caves in the world and a popular tourist attraction.
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B.
Gladysvale Cave
Gladysvale Cave is a fossil-rich limestone cave in South Africa famous for yielding important early hominin and animal remains that illuminate human evolution.
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C.
Swartkrans Cave
Swartkrans Cave is a key paleoanthropological site in South Africa famous for its rich assemblage of early hominin fossils and evidence of some of the earliest known controlled use of fire.
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D.
St. Pietersberg Caves
St. Pietersberg Caves are an extensive network of man-made limestone tunnels and quarries renowned for their historical significance and underground tours in the Maastricht area of the Netherlands.
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E.
Motsetse Cave
Motsetse Cave is a fossil-bearing limestone cave in South Africa that forms part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, known for its important paleoanthropological remains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Drimolen cave complex