Mystery Species of Human Relative Discovered: Homo Naledi

[Evo]

It will be interesting to see what comes of this.

Homo Naledi: Mystery human species lived alongside Homo Sapiens

More fossils of the mysterious hominin species Homo Naledi have been identified in the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa, scientists have announced. They say that these human relatives were alive between 335,000 and 226,000 years ago, and likely lived alongside modern humans.

Remains of H. Naledi were first discovered between 2013 and 2014, deep in a South African cave. At the time, researchers unearthed more than 1,500 fossils representing at least 15 individuals – the largest collection of a single species of ancient human relatives ever found on the African continent.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/homo-naledi-mystery-human-species-091635429.html

 

[BillTre]

Here is a more extensive Science mag. discussion of the recently released information.
It also has links to the original papers.

 

[Drakkith]

An amazing find! I remember reading the articles about the original discovery. Who'd have thought a little spelunking would turn up so much?