Anthropology.netSmall-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.