Researchers from South Africa, the US, Canada and France today announced new dates pertaining to the internationally famous Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in Gauteng ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A skeleton named Little Foot is among the oldest hominid skeletons ever dated at 3.67 million years old, according to an advanced dating method. Stone tools found at a ...
Two million-year-old blood and fat on stone tools found in South Africa are giving clues about what hominids ate and how they lived, says an Australian researcher. Molecular archaeologist, Dr Tom Loy ...
Lucy’s species, an East African hominid line called Australopithecus afarensis, had a South African counterpart, a new study finds. Previous estimates of the specimen’s age ranged from roughly 3 ...