Rising Star Cave, Prehistoric cave in Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.

Rising Star Cave is a limestone cave in the Cradle of Humankind region with several chambers and passages where numerous fossil deposits have been found. The cave lies roughly 30 meters (98 feet) below the surface and can only be reached through narrow crevices and corridors.

Cavers discovered the fossil chamber in 2013 during a mapping expedition through the cave system. The finds led to the description of a previously unknown hominin species in scientific literature two years later.

The names Dinaledi Chamber and Homo naledi come from the Sesotho word for "stars", given by the Rising Star Expedition. The narrow passage to the chamber is called Superman's Crawl because cavers must hold one arm against the body and extend the other overhead, like Superman in flight. The 15-metre climb up a sharp-edged dolomite block is named Dragon's Back for its spiked ridge.

The Dinaledi Chamber lies 30 m underground and is reached only through a 12 m chute averaging 20 cm wide, so it is closed to visitors. Access to the system is arranged through the Speleological Exploration Club, which has run recreational caving here since the 1960s. The site sits in the Bloubank River valley, about 800 m southwest of Swartkrans.

The narrow vertical chute that Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker found on 13 September 2013 is 12 metres long with an average width of 20 centimetres. The nearby Superman's Crawl takes its name from the pose needed to pass: one arm held against the body, the other extended overhead.