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Very fascinating new #findings from a #molecular point of view about the 2015 discovered new species of #hominid, #Homo #naledi, found in the #RisingStarcave in South Africa. According to anatomical characters, an #age of about 2,5 million years was estimated. Read about first #moleculardata of the specimen in the linked article.
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Radical Anthropology
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Homo naledi, authors Lee Roger Berger team, 2015, licensed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de

Anthropology.net Sep 7, 2025

Small-brained Homo naledi buried its dead in a South African cave 300,000 years ago, new research suggests. This discovery challenges the link between brain size and ritual. #Paleoanthropology #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #RisingStarCave https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-riddle-in-the-dark-was-this-small

A Riddle in the Dark: Was This Small-Brained Hominin the First to Bury Its Dead?

Deep within a South African cave, a pile of ancient bones challenges everything we thought we knew about the origins of ritual and grief.

Anthropology.net

scinexx - das wissensmagazin Nov 22, 2023

Streit um den Homo naledi. Wie intelligent war der Frühmensch aus der Rising-Star-Höhle wirklich? #Homonaledi #RisingStarCave #Fruehmensch #Menschheitsgeschichte #Evolution
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/streit-um-den-homo-naledi/

Streit um den Homo naledi

Begründete Zweifel? Vor einigen Monaten sorgten Paläanthropologen für eine Sensation, als sie vermeintliche Höhlenbilder und Gräber des Homo naledi

scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin

bleutabbies Dec 4, 2022

Your rabbit hole of the day: the fires in the rising star caves by early hoomans.

#archeology #risingstarcave #naledi

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-fire-hominid-cave-human-evolution

Homo naledi may have lit fires in caves at least 236,000 years ago

Homo naledi may have joined the group of ancient hominids who built controlled fires, presumably for light or warmth, new finds hint.

Science News