Possible new Hominid?

[the-pi-guy]

The excavators recovered more than 1,500 pieces of bone belonging to at least 15 individuals. The remains appear to be infants, juveniles and one very old adult. Thousands more pieces of bone are still in the chamber, smothered in the soft dirt that covers the ground.
The team believes the bones - as yet undated - represent a new species of ancient human relative. They have named the creature Homo naledi, where naledi means "star" in Sesotho, one of the official languages of South Africa, and the primary official language of Lesotho.

The Dinaledi chamber is extremely hard to access today, raising the question of how the creatures came to be there. They may have clambered in and become stuck, or died when water filled the cave. But Berger and his colleagues favour a more radical explanation. "We have, after eliminating all of the probable, come to the conclusion that Homo naledi was utilising this chamber in a ritualised fashion to deliberately dispose of its dead," Berger said.
The conclusion is not widely accepted by others. "Intentional disposal of rotting corpses by fellow pinheads makes a nice headline, but seems like a stretch to me," said Jungers. Zollikofer agrees. "The 'new species' and 'dump-the-dead' claims are clearly for the media.

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[Legend]

Fascinating.

[the-pi-guy]

Fascinating.

A lot of people sounded excited about it, but this article really makes everything sound meh.  

[Legend]

A lot of people sounded excited about it, but this article really makes everything sound meh.  

I find it fascinating!