The importance of the Sterkfontein Caves came to light in 1936, when the discovery of the first adult Australopithecus fossil was made by paleontologist Dr. Robert Broom.

From ancient fossils to living heritage, explore five unforgettable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Africa that everyone ...

Guided tours of the Wits Sterkfontein Caves, with enhanced scientific context, will be available, as will educational programmes focused on human evolution and palaeoanthropology, as well as other ...

Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep grid dug in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe swept ancient soil into a blue dustpan, each ...

For decades, scientists have studied these fossils of early human ancestors and their long-lost relatives. Now, a dating method developed by a Purdue University geologist just pushed the age of some ...

Sterkfontein yielded the almost complete fossilised skeleton of what could be an even earlier species than Australopithecus africanus, “Little Foot”, aged between 4-million and 3.3-million ...

The research team employed a minimally invasive technique to extract and analyze over 100 peptides from the tooth enamel of an Australopithecus africanus specimen found in the Sterkfontein Caves.

The ancient hominin fossils were discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves, 30 miles northwest of Johannesburg, that form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Cradle of Humankind.

The iconic caves some 50km northwest of Johannesburg, is one Africa's largest collection of hominin fossils and was closed to the public in 2022 due to flooding that destroyed its entrance.