One of three neighbouring South African sites (the others being Kromdraai and Swartkrans) at which the remains of fossil
The fossils found include those of Australopithecus africanus , A. robustus (see {{link=Australopithecus">Australopithecus ), and Homo erectus . In 1996 researchers uncovered the most complete australopithecine fossil skeleton since Lucy , that of an A. africanus individual with a humanlike pelvis but with limb proportions similar to those of a modern chimpanzee. At Makapansgat, 150 mi (240 km) to the north, the remains of about 40 individuals of A. africanus have been found.