For two and a half years, the "Cradle of Humankind" has been closed. Now, the caves deemed by scientists to hold the key to understanding where humans came from, are open again to anyone visiting ...

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...

Deep inside a rocky chamber, reached by a narrow crevice, researchers found more than 1,500 fossilized bones of what may be the gravesite of a... South African Cave Yields Strange Bones Of Early Human ...

Today, it is almost impossible to imagine Saudi Arabia as anything but a land of relentless sun, rolling sand dunes, and lethal drought. This vast desert, part of the Saharo-Arabian belt, is among the ...

LOS ANGELES — In a tiny South African cave, archaeologists have unearthed a 100,000-year-old art studio that contains tools for mixing red and yellow rocks with animal fat and marrow to make vibrant ...

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa – Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South ...

Nao Mukadi/AFP/AFP In Gabon's sprawling forest, archaeologists dig for ancient clues that could unlock the secrets of how prehistoric humans lived and interacted in the changing landscape of central ...

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa — Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South ...

The discovery of a 14th century underground burial site deep in Gabon's tropical forest may shed light on a little known period in Africa's history. French geo-archeologists and anthropo-biologists ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth unearthed in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa, showing that our ...

Archaeologist Richard Oslisly leads a dig at Youmbidi Cave in eastern Gabon where unearthed vestiges of prehistoric human activity offer insight into central Africa's ...