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A small fragment of one of these human relatives, it's a big deal. they are well, until recently, perhaps the rarest sought after objects in earth. in this country -- in this discovery, we discovered the largest assemblage of primitive human relatives ever discovered on continent of africa. it's a new species. we named is homo naledi on the 10th of september and as you said we believe that they are deliberately disposing of their dead in this chamber, that's why there's so many there. >> this was found in a crack through a cave. some people were splunking through caves. they saw some bones. yo...

A new species of human ancestors called homo naledi had the brain the size of an orange, stood about five feet tall and incredibly appears to have buried its dead, a behavior previously thought to be really limited to humans. the man who led the team on this amazing find, professor lee berger, joins me from johannesburg, south africa. thank you for being with me, sir. >> good afternoon. >> can you walk us through how significant, how big of a find this is? >> well, every time we find even a small fragment of one of these human relatives, it's a big deal. they are, well, until recently, perhaps...