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Remains in a South African cave system predate the oldest known human burials by about 160,000 years or more
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Remains in a South African cave system predate the oldest known human burials by about 160,000 years or more
However, experts not involved in the research are sharply divided over the evidence that H. naledi, a contemporary of early humans, was burying its dead.
Proposed discoveries of humanlike activities by these ancient, small-brained hominids have elicited skepticism from some researchers.
The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable.
Teeth and skull fragments found in the maze-like recesses of a South African cave fuel debate on how Homo naledi lived—and whether it disposed of its dead.