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 ...

A remarkable discovery in South Africa's Rising Star caves unveiled Homo Naledi, an extinct human ancestor. The inaccessible chambers yielded numerous fossils, sparking debate about their deposition ...

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 ...

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 ...

Africa is home to some of the most amazing cave diving experiences, giving divers a chance to explore the continent's hidden ...

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 ...

It all started in October 2004, when Shaw, a pilot and celebrated cave diver, set a world record for the deepest dive using a ...

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 ...

Credit: Lucinda Backwell / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 A new study has found that early humans were building and carefully maintaining grass beds inside a South African cave as far back as ...

Anthropologists Marina Elliott and Becca Peixotto found themselves squeezing through a tight tunnel four years ago, nearly 300 feet underground. They were searching for ancient human remains in a ...