
Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba travel to the States
The South African national treasures will for the first time ever go on display for international audiences, when it is exhibited in Dallas, Texas
The South African national treasures will for the first time ever go on display for international audiences, when it is exhibited in Dallas, Texas
Free virtual reality experience provides global access to the Dinaledi caves to researchers, students and amateur explorers.
The MOU is part of the Museum’s new focus on human origins, plans to increase research, produce traveling exhibitions, and cultivate scientific communications.
250 000 year old species from Rising Star Cave raises more questions about our origins.
Four new papers on different aspects of the anatomy of Homo naledi have been published, and more papers are coming soon, all led by early career researchers.
Many questions have been thrown up by the discovery in South Africa of a previously unidentified human relative, Homo naledi.
The high-tech 3D mapping of Homo naledi’s Dinaledi chamber.
Underground astronaut, Marina Elliott, says she is honoured to be part of this prestigious research programme.
Wits palaeoanthropologist honoured as one of the most influential people in the world.
Estimating the age of fossils is important because it allows palaeoanthropologists the opportunity to try to draw up a family tree.
The two papers, titled: The foot of Homo naledi and The hand of Homo naledi, describe the structure and function of the H. naledi hand and foot.
It is the single largest fossil hominin find yet made on the continent of Africa.
Our ancestor practiced a form of ritualised behaviour (or repeated behaviour) previously thought to be unique to humans.