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South Africa's 'underground astronauts': Exploring dark corridors in cramped conditions


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Cramped conditions and dark corridors: What it s like to be one of South Africa s underground astronauts
By John Lewis, CNN
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Archaeologist and biological anthropologist Keneiloe Molopyane became a member of the second generation of South Africa s underground astronauts in 2018 tasked with traversing the Rising Star cave system through very extreme conditions in order to get to the famed Homo naledi fossil site. She is seen here en route to the Dinaledi Chamber coming out of Superman s Crawl, a passage less than 25 centimeters in height.
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In 2019, she returned to Rising Star with a team to further excavate the second site where additional bones belonging to Homo naledi were found, including the most complete skeleton to date. Here, the team works in the Lesedi Chamber. ....

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