Paleontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior.
Paleontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour.
Remnants of small fireplaces and sooty wall and ceiling smudges found in South African cave system. An ancient hominid dubbed Homo naledi may have lit controlled fires in the pitch-dark chambers of an underground cave system, new discoveries.
A tiny skull of a Homo naledi child - aged four to six - has been revealed to the world, and augments the highly controversial theory that Homo naledi deposited their dead in a ritualised fashion.
A tiny skull of a Homo naledi child - aged four to six - has been revealed to the world, and augments the highly controversial theory that Homo naledi deposited their dead in a ritualised fashion.