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South Africa: 'Science and Religion Can Learn From One Another' On Homo Naledi
News24Wire, 14 September 2015
Science and religion can learn a lot from one another, rather than trying to prove the other wrong. Read more »
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South Africa: I Am No Grandchild of Any Ape, Monkey or Baboon - Vavi On Homo Naledi
News24Wire, 12 September 2015
"No one will dig old monkey bones to back up a theory that I was once a baboon," former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi tweeted on Saturday. Read more »
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South Africa: Accountant Found Homo Naledi While Caving
News24Wire, 10 September 2015
A chartered accountant who was exploring the Rising Star cave for fun stumbled onto the Homo naledi bones by accident, his fiancée told News24 on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: New Species of Human Ancestor Discovered
News24Wire, 10 September 2015
The history of humankind has changed with the discovery of a new human ancestor, Homo naledi, in the Cradle of Humankind, it was announced on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: 10 Facts About Newly Discovered Human Ancestor
News24Wire, 10 September 2015
The discovery of a new species of a human ancestor was announced at the Cradle of Humankind on Thursday. Read more »
New Species of Human Ancestor Discovered in South Africa
Scientists have studied a collection of fossils from what may be the first species of human relative to display ritualistic burial behaviour.
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10 September 2015
South Africa: Professor Lee Berger Introduces A New Discovered Human Species 'Homo Naledi'
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- Wits University
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- Wits University
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A new species of hominin has been unveiled at Maropeng in the Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg- South Africa, that is being described as a new ... see more »
Scientists had to squeeze through a chute that narrowed to 17cm in width at one point, to access the chamber in the Dinaledi system. The discovery of Homo naledi involved two expeditions in November 2013 and March 2014.
South African scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of human relative in a remote cave chamber in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site - Homo naledi.
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10 September 2015
New Human Ancestor Discovered: Homo naledi
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- National Geographic
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Within a deep and narrow cave in South Africa, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team found fossil remains belonging to the newest member of our ... see more »
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10 September 2015
Building the Face of a Newly Found Ancestor
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- National Geographic
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As a paleoartist, John Gurche focuses on combining art and science to create the faces of our long-lost ancestors. With the discovery of Homo naledi, ... see more »
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New dating techniques used by a multi-national team of scientists suggest that the famous South African fossil named Little Foot, belonging to the species Australopithecus ... Read more »
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Fossils from Australopithecus sediba demonstrate "a surprisingly advanced but small brain, a very evolved hand with a long thumb like a human, a very modern pelvis, but a foot and ... Read more »
