The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

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Homo naledi heeft mogelijk in grotmuren gekerfd en zijn doden begraven

New Scientist.nl, 13 Jun 2023

In een grottenstelsel in Zuid-Afrika zijn nieuwe resten en sporen gevonden van de Homo naledi.

Extinct human cousins may have beat us to inventing burial rituals

MSN, 06 Jun 2023

New preprint studies continue to spark the debate surrounding which species was the first to practice purposeful burial.

Extinct human cousins may have beat us to inventing burial rituals

Popular Science, 06 Jun 2023

Since its initial discovery was announced in 2015, an extinct hominid species named Homo naledi (H.

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