The “Underground Astronauts” is a nickname for the group of six scientists and excavators from the original Rising Star expedition. We got the name, I think, because working in the Dinaledi Chamber ...

Africa's richest fossil hominin site has revealed more of its treasure. It's been a year and a half since scientists announced that a new hominin species, which they called Homo naledi, had been ...

Marina Elliott is a researcher in Physical and Biological Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. The Conversation Africa's Natasha Joseph spoke with Dr. Marina Elliott, lead author of the paper ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Two years ago, a team of experts from around the world was assembled in order to document and collect hundreds of fossils found in ...

Deep within the Dinaledi chamber of the Rising Star cave in South Africa, a mysterious cache of over 1,000 bones corresponding to some 15 or so ancient hominins was found. Scientists are now calling ...

While the Department of Education says it will continue with its troubled Dinaledi schools project, analysts believe the project has failed. Education specialists and the Democratic Alliance's shadow ...

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) partnered with US-based Perot Museum of Nature and Science, to develop what they call a world-first virtual reality (VR) app that explores the ...

Johannesburg - The Dinaledi school project, aimed at improving maths and science performance, is on track, the basic education department said on Monday. "The 2010 NSC [national senior certificate] ...