Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following the reopening of the Sterkfontein Caves, visitors will be able to gain an even more direct insight into the scientific ...

Trees provide bats with food, and are important parts of the animals’ landscapes. Dr Mariette Pretorius Caves are overlooked but essential parts of the natural world. Many animals use caves for ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today's world. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In the northern hemisphere, ...

Fossils are the backbone—oftentimes literally—of researching the far past. And because most of human evolution took place throughout Africa, the fossils the continent holds are vital to piecing ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. The term “caveman” is often used to ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Stone tools crafted by ancient humans between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago that were recovered from coastal South Africa's Robberg caves match contemporaneous styles found in Namibia ...

Archaeologists have identified Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert as the world’s oldest home, thanks to new evidence confirming the theory that early humans were already occupying the ...

Discoveries from a subterranean cave system in South Africa are prompting paleoanthropologists to rethink what makes us human. New findings reveal a small-brained human relative known as Homo naledi ...

New scientific studies posted online suggest that Homo naledi, an ancient human cousin discovered in South Africa a decade ago, might have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls in what ...

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 ...