Homo naledi may have buried their dead | Popular Science
Previously, most scientists believed the mental capacity behind burial, making marks, and other cultural behaviors required a bigger brain.
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Previously, most scientists believed the mental capacity behind burial, making marks, and other cultural behaviors required a bigger brain.
New studies suggest Homo naledi species, which has brains one-third the size of humans, was capable of complex behavior such as burials.
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Homo naledi, despite having tiny brains, may have lit fires and decorated walls around the graves of their dead, according to controversial new research.