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The world's oldest burial site wasn't created by our species
But the burial in South Africa found underground in the 'Rising Star' cave system within the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO world heritage site near Johannesburg, dates back more than 200,000 years ...
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Journey into the Cave of Bones
Marina stood at the mouth of the Rising Star cave and looked inside. Outside, it was the rainy season in this grassland part of South Africa, home to jackals and porcupines and cobra snakes and ...
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Is This the Underground Everest?
Ice crystals populate Full Moon Hall. The chamber, 820 feet long, is the largest yet discovered in Dark Star. The entire cave system is a geological time capsule: Mineral deposits reveal millennia ...
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Hominids may have lived alongside modern humans in Africa, say scientists
The focus of the team's research has been South Africa's barely accessible Rising Star Cave system, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, about 50km northwest of Johannesburg.