Evidence continues to mount against the interpretation of a cave filled with ancient hominid bones as a sacred burial ground, one used long before modern humans were burying their own dead. The Rising ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A clavicle and thumb bone from two of humanity's oldest relatives traveled into suborbital space on a tourist trip last week. By Andrew Paul Published Sep 12, 2023 10:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

A cave in South Africa holds fossil remains that could reframe the human family tree. Lee Berger, paleoanthropologist and author of "Cave of Bones", joined us to share the amazing discover he and his ...

Prehistoric relatives of humans may have buried their dead and written symbols on cave walls — long before the oldest known human burials. That’s according to new findings presented at a conference at ...

anthropologists have long thought the advent of tool use amongst early humans was linked to the evolution of opposable thumbs, But a new study suggests opposable thumbs developed only as far back as ...

An extinct human species that lived around 300,000 years ago may have been more similar to us than scientists first thought. New research has found that this species, Homo naledi, buried their dead ...

Remnants of fireplaces found in the Rising Star caves in South Africa suggest homo naledi, a pre-human ancestor, used fire as a tool. That’s according to an announcement made during a lecture by ...

Scientists have discovered the 250,000 year-old skull of a Homo naledi child. Credit: Lee Roger Berger, CC BY-SA 4.0 A team of researchers published papers last week on their 2017 discovery of a skull ...

The fragmented skull of a Homo naledi child who died some almost 250,000 years ago has revealed potential parallels with the modern human race. Brett Eloff Photography/Wits Uni Entombed in a limestone ...

JOHANNESBURG — The fossil remains of an early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers.

JOHANNESBURG — The fossil remains of an early hominid child have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers. The team announced the discovery of ...