New Human Species (HOMO NALEDI) Discovered In Cradle of Humanity World Heritage Site, ‘SA’

New Human Species (HOMO NALEDI) Discovered In Cradle of Humanity World Heritage Site, ‘SA’

Two years after they were tipped off by cavers plumbing the depths of the limestone tunnels in the Rising Star Cave outside Johannesburg, Berger and his team have discovered what they say is a new addition to our family tree. The team is calling this new species of human relative “Homo naledi,” and they say it appears to have buried its dead — a behavior scientists previously thought was limited to humans. Berger’s team came…

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