Dolomite cave system in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa
Rising Star Cave
Location in Gauteng
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Rising Star Cave (South Africa)
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Rising Star Cave (Gauteng)
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Location
Near Krugersdorp in the West Rand municipality of Gauteng province, South Africa
Entrances
Many
Hazards
narrow access
The Rising Star cave system (also known as Westminster or Empire cave) is located in the
Malmani dolomites, in Bloubank River valley, about 800 meters (0.50 miles; 2,600 feet) southwest of Swartkrans, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa.[1][2] Recreational caving has occurred there since the 1960s.[2] Fossils found (starting in 2013) in the cave were, in 2015, proposed to represent a previously unknown extinct species of hominin named Homo naledi.[1]
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The RisingStarcave system (also known as Westminster or Empire cave) is located in the Malmani dolomites, in Bloubank River valley, about 800 meters...
naledi is an extinct species of archaic human discovered in 2013 in the RisingStarCave system, Gauteng province, South Africa (See Cradle of Humankind), dating...
contribution to the RisingStar Expedition as one of the six Underground Astronauts, a group of scientists tasked with excavating the RisingStarCave System. She...
School in New Jersey, United States RisingStarCave, an archaeological site in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa Rising Starr Middle School, a school in...
excavated the bones of Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber of the RisingStarcave system in Gauteng, South Africa. The six women were selected by the...
dead in a remote cave chamber, a behaviour previously thought limited to humans. In the last days of the RisingStar Expedition, cavers Rick Hunter and...
assigned to the genus Homo, found within the Dinaledi Chamber of the RisingStarCave system, located in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. Additionally...
hominin assigned (provisionally) to the genus Homo, were found in the RisingStarCave system, a site in South Africa's Cradle of Humankind region in Gauteng...
; et al. (May 2017). "Homo naledi and associated sediments in the RisingStarCave, South Africa". eLife. 6: e24231. doi:10.7554/eLife.24231. PMC 5423772...
of scientists to excavate the RisingStarCave near Johannesburg, South Africa. Her background in archaeology, caving experience and the ability to squeeze...
May 2017). "The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the RisingStarCave, South Africa" (PDF). eLife. 6. doi:10.7554/eLife.24231. PMC 5423772...
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A, et al. (May 2017). "Homo naledi and associated sediments in the RisingStarCave, South Africa". eLife. 6: e24231. doi:10.7554/eLife.24231. PMC 5423772...
Homo naledi, based on fossils representing 15 individuals from the RisingStarCave system in South Africa. New species have also been found in eastern...
excavate fossils which had been recently found in a deep cave complex in the RisingStarCave System, near Johannesburg, South Africa. The unique skill...
May 2017). "The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the RisingStarCave, South Africa". eLife. 6: e24231. doi:10.7554/eLife.24231. PMC 5423772...
excavate fossils which had been recently found in a deep cave complex in the RisingStarCave System, near Johannesburg, South Africa.. The critical skills...
extinct species of hominin, in a second chamber, named "Lesedi", of the "RisingStarCave" system. This second chamber is near the first earlier chamber, named...
the discovery of Homo naledi, found in the Dinaledi Chamber of the RisingStarCave system in South Africa in 2015. Holliday, along with his team, analyzed...
difficult-to-access Dinaledi Chamber of RisingStarCave. This expedition was part of a National Geographic sponsored study called the "Riing Star Expedition" and she was...
000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the RisingStarCave system, South Africa". bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.06.01.543133. S2CID 259113360...
jutting from the cave's ceiling and stalagmites rising from the floor form intricate formations such as cave curtains, flowstones, cave pearls and scallops...
the RisingStarcave (South Africa), while Berger et al. (2023) report the discovery of markings within the Dinaledi subsystem of the RisingStarCave, interpreted...
"Immature Hominin Craniodental Remains From a New Locality in the RisingStarCave System, South Africa". PaleoAnthropology. doi:10.48738/2021.iss1.64...
skeletons of the Homo naledi species in the Dinaledi Chamber of the RisingStarcave system near Johannesburg, Africa, by the University of the Witwatersrand;...
addition to the line of human ancestors named Homo naledi. Found in RisingStarCave in South Africa, Homo naledi is undated but has features of both primitive...
Kromdraai, Environs Sites, Malapa, Maropeng, and RisingStarCave. With exception of the RisingStarCave, these new sites along with Sterkfontein and Makapansgat...
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