The Rising Star Cave system continues to be a treasure trove of archaeological and paleoanthropological discoveries. As researchers delve deeper into its chambers, they anticipate uncovering even more ...

Johannesburg — Scientists in South Africa have claimed a discovery they believe could force us to rethink some fundamentals of what it means to be human. Deep inside the Rising Star cave system ...

Carvings found near Homo naledi graves in the Rising Star cave system are the first evidence of ritual burials outside of the human species.

Homo naledi, an extinct human relative, buried dead and carved symbols long before modern humans, new research at the Rising Star cave system in South Africa found.

Homo naledi, a hominin discovered in the Rising Star cave system in Africa's Cradle of Humankind in 2013, had human-like hands and feet but a brain a third of the size of humans -- a ...

Fossils from the Rising Star cave system surround the skeleton of Homo naledi. Considering the primitive core but human-like extremities, “it’s like evolution is crafting us from the outside ...

Researchers working in the Rising Star cave system near Johannesburg, South Africa, report that they have found evidence that the small-brained fossil human species Homo naledi engaged in several ...

“The Rising Star is an amazing cave system, and it is just terrifying and beautiful and wonderful at the same time,” said Fuentes. The evidence for deliberate burial practices by the Homo naledi come ...