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

In the late 19th century, miners discovered fossils in the caves that attracted the interest of paleontologists. The numerous remains discovered at Sterkfontein are attributed to the following genera: ...

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

Scottish doctor and paleontologist Robert Broom and his assistant J.T. Robinson discovered the pelvis of an adult Taung Child in the nearby Sterkfontein Caves, confirming that Australopithecus ...

A newer dating technique using cosmogenic isotopes finds Australopithecus remains from the Sterkfontein caves to be about 1 million years older than previous estimates, potentially changing scientists ...

South Africa’s limestone caves, such as Sterkfontein often hold the fossilized ... it was the first evidence of the species Australopithecus africanus. (More recently scientists have determined ...

In 1997 an Australopithecus skull and skeleton was found in a cave in Sterkfontein north of Johannesburg. It is thought to be around 3.5 million years old. The bones are likely to be of a hominid ...

In 1997 an Australopithecus skull and skeleton was found in a cave in Sterkfontein north of Johannesburg. It is thought to be around 3.5 million years old. The bones are likely to be of a hominid ...

Scans of eight fossilized adult and infant Australopithecus afarensis skulls reveal a prolonged period of brain growth during development that may have set the stage for extended childhood learning in ...

The Little Foot skull extraction from flowstones of the talus cone in the Siberberg Grotto, Sterkfontein Cave, South Africa, as of July, 2001. This image relates to article that appeared in the 08 ...

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