Scientists have uncovered the first fossil of a Homo naledi child. This ancestor lived about 250,000 years ago, likely alongside modern humans.

BELOIT — The discovery by a young man of a portion of a jaw in a cave in South Africa sent John Hawks on a journey toward the discovery of a new species of human ancestor. Twelve years after that ...

Discovered in South Africa’s Rising Star caves, Homo naledi fossils date to just 335,000 years ago, far younger than expected. With small brains yet advanced behaviors like deliberate burials, this ...

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, ...

From a young age, the inevitability and finality of death becomes a shaping force in our lives. Indeed, it could be said that our ability to recognise our eventual demise and the grief that comes with ...