Geochemist Tina Lüdecke stands next to "Little Foot", a remarkably well-preserved Australopithecus skeleton that was discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves and is considered to be the most complete ...

The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scientists ...

Fossils of early human ancestors found in a South African cave system may be 1 million years older than first thought, according to a study published Monday.. The findings published in the Proceedings ...

Little Foot is a nearly complete ancient skeleton found in the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa that could change how scientists think about human evolution. For a long time, researchers thought it ...

Human ancestors like Australopithecus – which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa – ate very little to no meat, according to new research published in the scientific journal Science.

Rock deposits in a cave system inhabited by early human ancestors in South Africa may be almost 2 million years younger than previously thought, a new study has found, which may cast doubt over ...

Australopithecus prometheus or Australopithecus africanus? Though the question might sound simple, it isn't so straightforward for scientists, who have been stumped by the famous "Little Foot" fossil ...

Wits Sterkfontein caves tour guide, Keneth Mawete enters the caves located within the Cradle of Humankind UNESCO World Heritage Site in Krugersdorp near Johannesburg on April 15, 2025. [AFP] ...

Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep grid dug in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe swept ancient soil into a blue dustpan, each ...

Seated on sandbags in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe swept ancient soil into a blue dustpan, each brushstroke hunting for hidden ...