DREW FORREST looks at the fierce academic controversies ignited by South Africa’s most recent hominin find
Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions inherent in the religious doctrine of ‘ensoulment’
Researchers’ findings suggest that they possessed advanced cognitive abilities, something usually associated with Homo sapiens
The first partial skull of a Homo naledi child, which is believed to be 250 000 years old, has been found in the Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg
Science continues to shift the boundaries of what we think we know and 2016 will be no exception. Sarah Wild highlights the fields to keep an eye on.
The science highlights that defined 2015.
Readers write in about Blade Nzimande, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, and the Nubians.
Readers write in about Cyril Ramaphosa, ancient Egypt and Homo naledi, and the EFF.
Is evolutionary science racist? Should we reject the idea that we evolved from ape-like species?
The discovery has been a social media sensation, recording an extraordinary number of views – more than 170 000 – for a scientific paper.
Readers write in about education, the Commonwealth Games, and Homo naledi.