One of South Africa's most iconic tourist attractions, the Cango Caves, has officially reopened after access to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New evidence from South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave suggests early human ancestors were using fire as far back as 1.79 million ...

Long before wooden beds or woven mattresses, humans were already paying close attention to where they slept. New research ...

Deep inside a rocky chamber, reached by a narrow crevice, researchers found more than 1,500 fossilized bones of what may be the gravesite of a... South African Cave Yields Strange Bones Of Early Human ...

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa >> Scientists say they’ve discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South ...

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 ...

MAGALIESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South ...