Border Cave

View over Swaziland from the mouth of Border Cave. Source: (Public Domain)

14 August, 2020 - 16:17 Ed Whelan

Newly Discovered ‘Oldest Bed’ Found in South African Cave

In 2020, archaeologists in South Africa announced that they had evidence of the oldest bed ever found. They believed that they had discovered bedding material dating from an incredible 200,000 years...

Border Cave Excavation site, Lebombo Mountains, South Africa. Source: Credit Dr Lucinda Backwell/ Wits University

3 January, 2020 - 14:02 ashley cowie

170,000-Year-Old Human Diet Contained Roast Vegetables

New research focused on the roasted remnants of rootstalks found in a Lebombo Mountain cave in South Africa suggests early humans brought the plants to the cave to feed to their young and old. A new...