Renewed Excavation in the Middle and Later Stone Age Layers of Die Kelders Cave1, Southern Cape Coast, South Africa

该项目需要挖掘和分析材料 中石器时代（MSA）的Die Kelders沉积物 第一洞，位于南非西南海岸。 先前 发掘出大量的晚石器时代（LSA）材料， 覆盖着厚厚的MSA存款。 一些人类的牙齿被发现 与现代南部非洲的土著人相似， 初步估计是在距今4万年前。 一 一个专家小组将挖掘洞穴，并分析MSA 和LSA材料。 考虑到海事局的深度和规模 存款在这个洞穴，显示丰富的存款， 优良的品质保存，和实质性的 量将被挖掘，潜力是高的， 该遗址将产生新的化石，有助于解决 现代人类起源 这项研究之所以重要，是因为它可以为人类的发展做出重要贡献。 现代人可能生活在非洲 而更“原始”的尼安德特人同时代人生活在 欧洲和黎凡特，帮助我们追溯现代历史， 人类

This project entails the excavation and analysis of material contained in the Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits of Die Kelders Cave 1, on the southwestern coast of South Africa. Previous excavations revealed substantial Later Stone Age (LSA) materials overlaying a thick MSA deposit. Some human teeth were found which are similar to those of modern southern African indigenes, tentatively date at prior to 40,000 years before the present. A team of specialists will excavate the cave, and analyze the MSA and the LSA material. Given the depth and volume of the MSA deposit in this cave, the demonstrated richness of the deposits, the excellent quality of boner preservation, and the substantial amount that will be excavated, the potential is high that the site will yield new fossils that can help resolve the issue of modern human origins. This research is important because it can contribute important information to the possibility that modern humans lived in Africa while more "primitive" Neanderthal contemporaries were living in Europe and the Levant, and so help us trace the history of modern humans.