New evidence from a cave in South Africa suggests Homo naledi, a distant human ancestor, was more complex than previously thought.
had human-like teeth, a body built for climbing, and a small brain, clocking in at about one-third the size of our brains. The remains in the Rising Star system coverThe team’s research papers are set to publish in eLife , and members of the research team discussed the findings at“These recent findings suggest intentional burials, the use of symbols, and meaning-making activities by.
It seems an inevitable conclusion that in combination they indicate that this small-brained species of ancient human relatives was performing complex practices related to death,” said Lee Berger, a paleoanthropologist at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and the National Geographic Society, in a society release.
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