Fossils

Ancient brittle stars from the supercontinent of Gondwana unearthed in 410-million-year-old rocks in Eastern Cape

Description of new species was a 37-year-long labour of love for Eastern Cape palaeontologist

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

​Starches have been dietary staples for even longer than we thought

Funds from the NLC contributed towards the design and construction of of museum and visitors centre and the creation of many visitor experiences

A study has found that a local event rather than a global shift in climate caused the mass extinction in South Africa

Less than a month since excavation began at the Cradle of Humankind after a "spectacular" fossil find, scientists have found more than 1 000 fossils.

World-renowned archaeologist Professor Lee Berger has specifically recruited a group of small-chested scientists to help with his latest project.

Hominid bones located in Georgia could rule out Australopithecus sediba as a human ancestor.

The discovery by South African scientists of a 250-million-year-old fossilised embrace between two animals, has been hailed as a world first.

Gigantic animals that once roamed Australia were mostly extinct by the time humans arrived, a new study has shown.

Research into two-million year old fossils has found a genus of early humans that were right in the middle of evolving.

A two-million-year-old fox fossil has been discovered at an archaeological dig at the Cradle of Humankind in Sterkfontein, researchers announced.

Scientists have found a huge deposit of bones of the rhino-sized wombats that roamed Australia in the time of super-kangaroos and tree-crocodiles.

The remains of giant Jurassic fleas that sucked the blood of ancient animals more than 100-million years ago have been discovered in Mongolia.