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Homo Naldi

Pit in the ground: Homo Naledi fossils were discovered in a cave in South Africa, in an area known as the cradle of the human race. (Photograph courtesy of John Hawkes of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of the Witwatersrand)

The mysterious ancient man

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Throwing corpses into an isolated room in a cave, to protect them from scavengers, is probably the first burial custom. Illustration ART BY JON FOSTER. SOURCE: LEE BERGER, WITS

Where does the human species discovered in the DRAP fit in the tree of human evolution, and maybe it was even a side branch?

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Skulls of Homo naledi. Photograph - cc license John Hawks_Wits University

Remains of "primitive man" have been discovered, exhibiting human characteristics alongside those of apes

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