Scientists have uncovered the first fossil of a Homo naledi child. This ancestor lived about 250,000 years ago, likely alongside modern humans.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small stone flake marked with intersecting lines of red ochre pigment some 73,000 years ago that was found in a cave on South Africa's southern coast represents what ...

For two and a half years, the "Cradle of Humankind" has been closed. Now, the caves deemed by scientists to hold the key to understanding where humans came from, are open again to anyone visiting ...

Deep inside a rocky chamber, reached by a narrow crevice, researchers found more than 1,500 fossilized bones of what may be the gravesite of a... South African Cave Yields Strange Bones Of Early Human ...

After remaining shut down for almost three years because of major flooding, South Africa’s iconic Sterkfontein Caves are reopened to the tourists once again with an all new immersive experience. The ...

LOS ANGELES — In a tiny South African cave, archaeologists have unearthed a 100,000-year-old art studio that contains tools for mixing red and yellow rocks with animal fat and marrow to make vibrant ...

Nine red lines on a stone flake found in a South African cave may be the earliest known drawing made by Homo sapiens, archaeologists reported on Wednesday. The artifact, which scientists think is ...

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa – Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South ...

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa — Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South ...