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

Seated on sandbags in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe swept ancient soil into a blue ...

Located 50 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, the caves closed nearly three years ... The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, a rich source of artefacts ...

The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site ... a skeleton dubbed "Little Foot", in the caves. Deriving its name from the size of the bones first discovered in ...

At their peak before the Covid-19, the caves received about 100,000 tourists ... The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, a rich source of artefacts for ...

The Sterkfontein caves in South Africa have reopened after ... The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, a rich source of artefacts for palaeontologists since ...

Located 50km (30 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, the caves closed nearly three years ... The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, a rich source of artefacts ...

Now, the caves deemed by scientists to hold the key to understanding where humans came from, are open again to anyone visiting South Africa.The Sterkfontein Caves yielded numerous fossil discoveries ...

The complex is housed within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site ... a skeleton dubbed "Little Foot", in the caves. Fossil technician, Itumeleng Molefe speaks to visitors before searching ...

Now that Wits University has taken over management of the Wits Sterkfontein Caves, they have been reopened to the public.

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 ...