When going on camping vacations, whether it's into the mountains, at the beach, in the desert, or near a lake, people try to decompress by spending as much time as possible immersed in nature. With ...

Friends and family gathered at an intimate memorial service at Houghton Hotel, Johannesburg to bid farewell to Real Housewives Of Johannesburg season one star Naledi Willers, who recently passed after ...

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A momentous discovery in South Africa could turn our understanding of human history on its head. A non-human creature dubbed Homo naledi was discovered nearly a decade ago — and researchers now ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Mark Thiessan/National Geographic Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all, according to a remarkable discovery about an early hominin. Homo naledi, a hominin discovered in the ...

Scientists today announced that the Rising Star Cave system has revealed yet more important discoveries, only a year and a half after it was announced that the richest fossil hominin site in Africa ...

Homo naledi, currently the best-known and most mysterious fossil species in the human genus, may be considerably younger than previously thought, a new investigation suggests. Further statistical ...

Former minister Naledi Pandor faced an armed robbery at her Pretoria home. The incident reignites debate on crime in South Africa and impacts public sentiment.

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Former minister Naledi Pandor’s Pretoria home was robbed while she and her husband were inside the residence.

The one thing everyone agrees is that the fossils themselves are spectacular. In 2015, researchers unveiled 1,500 hominin fossil fragments found deep in a South African cave, excavated by six cavers ...