Ancient Mass Grave in South Africa

[Bystander]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/africa/homo-naledi-human-relative-species/
Doesn't appear to be some sabretooth's litterbox.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Excellent find! Handsome one!

 

[Astronuc]

Doesn't appear to be some sabretooth's litterbox

Apparently, it's just hominid skeletons and remnants of small birds and mice, i.e., no large carnivores that might have carried folks into the cave. This suggests that folks wandered into the cave on their own, but for what reason.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-...lds-strange-bones-of-early-human-like-species

There are no animal bones there, except for a handful of bits from birds and mice. There's no evidence that a carnivore dragged the human-like creatures in, or that they somehow got washed in. And there's no evidence of a mass death, such as a cave accident.