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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reconstruction of the skull of Leti, the first _Homo naledi_ child whose remains were found in ...

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and determined they were all female.

Researchers say that the fossilized bones of "Homo naledi," so far found exclusively underground in South Africa, lack a key genetic male marker ...

In 1964, Louis Leakey and colleagues proposed the name of Homo habilis, the "handyman," for fossil remains of a human ancestor in Tanzania, making it the earliest species in a genus that includes us, ...

Free virtual reality experience explores a South African cave where some of history's most famous ancient human fossils were discovered; app provides global access to researchers, students and amateur ...

The extremely difficult conditions in which University of the Witwatersrand's (Wits) Professor Lee Berger's Rising Star team was forced to work, gave rise to the use of space-age technology to map the ...

Scientists roped in the use of high-tech laser scanning, photogrammetry and 3-D mapping technology to map Homo naledi's Dinaledi chamber. The extremely difficult conditions in which University of the ...