In 2013, deep within the Rising Star cave system of South Africa, Homo naledi, a small-brained early human relative, was found to have buried their dead, revealing an unexpected aspect of their ...

The Rising Star ancient humans could manipulate objects with their nimble hands, but their highly curved fingers also made them adept climbers. Their Homo-like feet and long legs show they could walk ...

The initial discovery in the Dinaledi Chamber, a notoriously difficult-to-access part of the cave, was nothing short of astounding. Paleontologists, led by renowned paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, ...

In 2013, deep inside South Africa’s Rising Star cave system, scientists discovered the remains of Homo naledi, an ancient human species with a brain just one-third the size of ours. Yet some evidence ...

The fossil hands of Australopithecus sediba (around two million years old) and Homo naledi (around 250,000 years old) show that these South African hominins may have had different levels of dexterity, ...

The fierce debate over whether Homo sapiens was the first species to bury its dead is far from over. After a decade of back-and-forth with skeptics, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team are not ...