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The first protein analysis of the fossil teeth of Homo naledi showed that all individuals in the cave system are female. This may provide further evidence that these extinct human relatives had some f...

A new protein analysis of Homo naledi skeletons reveals a curious twist—none of them seem to have Y chromosomes.

Discovery in South Africa suggests Homo naledi practiced deliberate burial 240,000 years ago, reshaping views of human evolution.

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New arguments convincingly show that the skeletons weren't transported by natural processes.

Fresh evidence has once again suggested that Homo naledi may have buried their dead deep in caves about 120,000 years before modern humans.

Anthropologist Lee Berger and his team at the University of the Witwatersrand, working within the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, have published their most extensive evidence yet of deliberat...

The fierce debate over whether Homo sapiens was the first species to bury its dead is far from over.

Evidence for H. naledi and increasing recognition of meaning-making behavior across the later Pleistocene suggests that the hominin emotional, socio-cognitive niche is broader and more significant tha...

Celebrating 15 Explorers transforming how we understand nature, culture and the future of our planet

Dr Tebogo Makhubela has been named a National Geographic Explorer and recipient of the 2025 Wayfinder Award, putting South African

Changes in the sky have been important to peoples throughout the world. That connection may go back much further than our species.

The long read: When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species. But not everyone was convinced – and the bitter...

Fuentes dismantles old assumptions by mapping out what science actually shows about male–female similarities and differences—and it’s far messier than the binary.

Fossils from the Madura Strait of Indonesia remind us of the expansive sunken landscapes of our ancestors.

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Phalangeal bone structure provides evidence for variable locomotor strategies across South African fossil hominins.

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The new “Thorin” genome from Grotte Mandrin represents a previously-unknown Neanderthal deep history.