Uma análise recente dos fósseis de Homo naledi indica que todos os indivíduos encontrados na Caverna Rising Star, na África do Sul, são fêmeas. A descoberta, liderada pelo paleoantropólogo Lee Berger, tem importantes implicações para o entendimento das práticas mortuárias e da evolução humana.

🔗 https://insoniaoculta.com.br/2026/06/analise-homo-naledi-femeas.html

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You might think, maybe Naledi just didn't have the Y variant we recognize, or it somehow didn't preserve as well, or the sequencing somehow didn't pick it up, but Hawks (who in my experience is generally pretty cautious) argues these kinds of scenarios are unlikely. And as it is it turns out, there were hints in other data long before they did the protein work

https://www.johnhawks.net/p/the-first-molecular-data-from-homo

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The first molecular data from Homo naledi

Protein data from the Rising Star cave system show the known sample of this species is entirely female.

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The #HomoNaledi story gets weirder. From tooth enamel protein, all the ~20 individuals they were able to get good results for appear to have been female 🤨

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/every-homo-naledi-we-know-of-is-female-and-the-implications-are-fascinating/

Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating

There is no natural explanation," says paleoanthropologist John Hawks.

Ars Technica

Researchers say fossilized bones found exclusively underground in Rising Star Cave raise profound questions about prehistoric burial. #homonaledi #paleoanthropology #evolution

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-these-prehistoric-primates-really-bury-just-their-female-dead-deep-in-a-cave-180989020/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Did These Prehistoric Primates Really Bury Just Their Female Dead Deep in a Cave?

Researchers say that the fossilized bones of "Homo naledi," so far found exclusively underground in South Africa, lack a key genetic male marker

Smithsonian Magazine

There is no natural explanation says one researcher — the finding challenges assumptions about early hominin burial behaviour. #homonaledi #paleoanthropology #archaeology

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/every-homo-naledi-we-know-of-is-female-and-the-implications-are-fascinating/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating

There is no natural explanation," says paleoanthropologist John Hawks.

Ars Technica

24-Jun-2026
Ancient tooth protein reveals 'all-female' #fossil site of extinct human relation

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1133252

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Ancient tooth protein reveals 'all-female' fossil site of extinct human relation

Scientists have extracted and analysed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all female burial site.

EurekAlert!
Proteomics of 20 Homo naledi individuals from South Africa’s Rising Star cave: no male markers found in any specimen. Ancient enamel proteins are opening a molecular window into one of paleoanthropology’s most puzzling species. #HomoNaledi #Paleoanthropology #AncientProteins https://www.anthropology.net/p/no-males-found-what-ancient-dental
No Males Found: What Ancient Dental Proteins Reveal About Homo naledi

A new paleoproteomics study of 20 individuals from Rising Star cave finds no male markers — and almost no genetic variation

Anthropology.net
Researchers in South Africa uncovered new Homo naledi remains deep inside a hidden cave system. The mysterious species may have intentionally buried their dead despite having much smaller brains than modern humans — challenging everything we thought about human evolution.
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Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/new-stash-mysterious-homo-naledi-bones-shows-they-coexisted-homo-021384

Evidence shows Homo naledi deliberately buried their dead

Deep inside the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, researchers have discovered what is possibly the oldest known evidence of deliberate burial by a non-human species of early hominin. The researchers, publishing in eLife, are studying Homo naledi, a small-brained species that lived more than 240,000 years ago...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/homo-naledi-deliberately-buried-their-dead/

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Vandaag 10 jaar geleden https://sailing-dulce.nl/home/article-4588 #HomoNaledi #Lingehavenconcert #vluchtelingencrisis Vrijdag 11-09-2015 De Volkskrant brengt tamelijk spectaculair én tevens dubieus nieuws over de ontdekking van 'een nieuwe mensensoort' in een diepe grot in Zuid-Afrika. De nieuwe soort werd 'Homo Naledi' gedoopt en zou volgens de ontdekker Lee Berger van de Universiteit van Witwatersrand wel 2 à 3 miljoen jaar geleden geleefd hebben. Het zou gaan om 'een volk van kleine mannetjes en vrouwtjes..