Two Australopithecus fossils named Lucy and Selam made a rare trip out of Ethiopia for a 60-day display at the National ...

In Morocco’s Jebel Irhoud cave, scientists discovered fossils dating back 315,000 years—100,000 years older than any previous ...

Dipuo Winnie Kgotleng has received funding from the Wenner-Gren foundation, National Heritage Council and National Research Foundation. Robyn Pickering receives funding from The University of Cape ...

South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

WASHINGTON (August 20, 2024) – Much of the early human fossil record originates from just a few places in Africa, where favorable geological conditions have preserved a trove of fossils used by ...

Mariëtte Pretorius does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Almost 100 years before calls to decolonize science, Taung was challenging researchers to reassess their internal biases.

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art may have been inspired by a long-extinct creature preserved as fossils in the region. The Horned Serpent panel is a section of rock wall ...