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The fossils of Florisbad

bout 5 km further south of the pan that lent Soutpan its name, via a dirt road, lies Florisbad. This “health resort” of yore attained international fame as an archeological site in 1933 after skull, approximately 260 000 years old, is being kept at the National Museum in Bloemfontein, but a replica can be viewed at Florisbad.)

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