This new date makes the Sterkfontein ... inside mineral grains by cosmic rays coming from space,” he said. Aluminum-26 and beryllium-10 are two examples of cosmogenic nuclides, both found ...

Now, a dating method developed by a Purdue University geologist just pushed the age of some of these fossils found at the site of Sterkfontein Caves back more than a million ... energy to cause ...

After remaining shut down for almost three years because of major flooding, South Africa’s iconic Sterkfontein Caves ... What’s inside the caves Inside the caves are weathered limestone ...

[Robert Broom shows where a fossil was found in Sterkfontein Caves in 1936 ... he opened each bag and checked all of the bones inside. After days of work, looking through countless bags in ...

A general view of the lake inside the Sterkfontein caves located ... in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe swept ancient soil ...

Now, a dating method developed by geologists just pushed the age of some of these fossils found at the site of Sterkfontein Caves back more ... cause nuclear reactions inside rocks at the ground ...

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 dustpan, each brushstroke hunting for hidden ...