Homo naledi | Scientists discover new human species relative
The skeleton of Homo naledi is seen in the Wits bone vault at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. The fossils are among nearly 1,700 bones and teeth retrieved from a nearly inaccessible cave near Johannesburg. The fossil trove was created, scientists believe, by Homo naledi repeatedly secreting the bodies of their dead companions in the cave.
Scientists say they’ve discovered a new member of the human family, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South Africa.
