After a three-year closure due to flooding, South Africa's Sterkfontein Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, have reopened with a new immersive experience. The caves, renowned for fossil ...

The acclaimed Wits Sterkfontein Caves, a cornerstone of human evolutionary research, officially reopened to the public on April 15, 2025. This moment marks a significant transition in its ...

South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, home to early human fossils, reopened after three years, offering tourists a chance to engage with live scientific research. Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Stone tools crafted by ancient humans between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago that were recovered from coastal South Africa's Robberg caves match contemporaneous styles found in ...

A Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta to Chicago experienced a mid-air incident where the plane's interior ceiling detached. Passengers were compelled to physically support the roof until flight ...

The interim president of Columbia University is stepping down, the college announced Friday—one week after the institution agreed to a list of changes demanded by the Trump administration, which ...

It has over 700 hominid specimens dating back 3.67 million years. The limestone caves, which formed many millions of years ago, preserved critical evidence of our relatives. Their remains fell ...

Travellers on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Chicago got more than they bargained for when the interior of the plane started to collapse. “My homie was on a Delta flight and the ceiling ...

The magical elixir of celebrity proves unhelpful, and maybe even fatal, to the title character in “Floyd Collins,” the 1996 musical being produced on Broadway for the first time by Lincoln ...

The number of recorded caves underneath a city renowned for their presence has risen to 924, an archaeologist has confirmed. Nottingham is built upon soft sandstone, which meant that caves were ...

Now, new research suggests early Homo sapiens may have had an edge on their cousins thanks to their use of sun protection—namely, natural sunscreen, tailored clothes and caves—during a period ...