With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

Pollution in the rivers that pass through the Cradle of Humankind northwest of Johannesburg creates severe environmental, ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

Archeologists have uncovered three-million-year-old tools used by early humans in an area of Africa called “the cradle of humankind.” Kenya’s Homa peninsula is home to several artifacts of ...

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical thinking and advanced craftsmanship.

known as the “Cradle of Humankind,” in Tanzania. The unexpected discovery makes these the oldest known bone tools by about 1 million years. The 27 bone fragments appear to have been ...

Trevor explains this clean-up is organised by the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site Management Authority, an entity of ...

The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site is an area of outstanding natural beauty, and home to 40 percent of the world’s human ancestor fossils. Downtown, Maboneng, whose name comes from the ...

At Kromdraai in South Africa, José Braga has unearthed the remains of two children. They date from 2.5 million years ago, and one is human, the other a Paranthropus, a member of the hominin genus most ...