Visitors to the Cradle of Humankind can take guided walking tours of Sterkfontein and see a replica of “Little Foot,” a specimen recovered in 1997 that is among the most complete ...

The Cradle of Humankind caves have finally reopened—this time with a refreshed experience that brings visitors face-to-face with active scientific discovery.

Seated on sandbags in South Africa’s Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe ...

Located in the vicinity of Johannesburg and Pretoria, the Cradle of Humankind is a treasure trove ... between Vryburg and Jan Kempdorp. Today, tours run through three Makapan Valley caves ...

The so-called Cradle of Humankind, found in South Africa, is home to the largest concentration of human ancestral remains in the world. Similarly, Ethiopia is thought to be where human ancestry ...

Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep grid dug in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was ...

Located in the heart of the Unesco Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, the reserve offers paleontological tours to two major live fossil exploration sites, as well as game drives and bush walks.

One of humanity’s most important palaeontological sites”, the Sterkfontein Caves, reopened to the public on April 15, as it ...

Previously, the caves served primarily as a tourist destination, attracting numbers of international and local visitors. The ...

For a long time, scientists believed that modern people evolved in a specific "cradle of humankind" in East Africa ...