It is now 10 years since the excavation of H naledi’s skeletal remains in the Cradle of Humankind near Krugersdorp. About 1 500 fossilised bones, estimated at about a quarter of a million ...

More specifically, the term “Cradle of Humankind” refers to one place in particular: Sterkfontein.

The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, a rich source of artefacts for palaeontologists since it was first discovered. "My aim is to find important bones here ...

The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, a rich source of artefacts for palaeontologists since it was first discovered. "My aim is to find important bones here ...

The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, a rich source of artefacts for palaeontologists since it was first discovered. "My aim is to find important bones here ...

A general view of the lake inside the Sterkfontein caves located within the Cradle of Humankind UNESCO World Heritage Site in Krugersdorp near Johannesburg on April 15, 2025. The iconic caves some ...

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