The many mysteries of Homo naledi

2015/09/04 by Chris Stringer · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

paper · doi:10.7554/elife.10627

Abstract

More than 1500 fossils from the Rising Star cave system in South Africa have been assigned to a new human species, Homo naledi, which displays a unique combination of primitive and derived traits throughout the skeleton.

Discussions

• #Homonaledi was announced #OTD in 2015. Here is my commentary, published that day. Human Evolution: The many mysteries of Homo naledi doi.org/10.7554/eLif... [bsky, 12 points, 1 comments]

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