Boskop
Boskop is a small village 16 km north of Potchefstroom. In 1913, the Boskop Man was found here, the first local anatomically modern human skull to be discovered. Consisting only of a post office and railway station on the route Potchefstroom-Welverdiend, the name is Afrikaans and means 'bush hill'.
See also
References
- ^ "Main Place Boskop". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 89. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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