Explore the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa, home to ancient human ancestors and groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

Seated on sandbags in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe ...

Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep grid dug in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was ...

A decades-old fossil discovery in Japan has just been turned on its head. New research suggests the remains might not be ...

KRUGERSDORP - Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep grid dug in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ...

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated ...

The impact of a reported $11.4 billion in cuts by the federal health officials, including nearly $190 million to Arizona ...

A jawbone fished from the ocean near Taiwan has revealed the first Denisovan ever found in the region — confirming the ...

The fossil expands the Denisovan's known range by thousands of kilometres and provides new insights into how this species looked.

Jessica Campbell is leading the reinvestigation of 192 sets of unidentified remains at the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s ...