Darryl Granger of Purdue University developed the technology that updated the age of an Australopithecus found in Sterkfontein Cave. New data pushes its age back more than a million years, to 3.67 ...
Fossils of early human ancestors found in a South African cave system may be 1 million years older than first thought, according to a study published Monday. The findings published in the Proceedings ...
An international team of paleontologists unearthed fossilized bones of a new species of lovebird from three caves in the South African UNESCO World Heritage site known as the Cradle of Humankind. Life ...
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The Sterkfontein Caves contain more remains from Australopithecus than anywhere else on Earth. They're part of a major fossil site in South Africa known as the "Cradle of Humankind."Mark Edward Harris ...
The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scientists ...
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For decades, scientists have studied these fossils of early human ancestors and their long-lost relatives. Now, a dating method developed by geologists just pushed the age of some of these fossils ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For ...
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