Alexis Lawton

Groundbreaking discovery may reveal course of evolution

Dubbed “underground astronauts,” a team of six female excavators — including a PhD candidate from SFU — has unearthed over 1200 fossil hominid fragments from Rising Star cave in South Africa. The excavation zone, nestled in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, has been known as a hotbed for hominid remains since the 1800s, but has not revealed a find this impressive for decades. Due to the volume of material, the find is one of the most significant discoveries ever made in paleoanthropology. Two recreational cavers, primed as initial investigators, were the first to stumble upon the remains.…

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