Science : The Discovery Of Homo Naledi Species
Homo naledi: New species of ancient human discovered, claim scientists
Bones found in South African cave are Homo naledi, a new species of ancient human relative, say researchers, but some experts are sceptical of find.
A huge haul of bones found in a small, dark chamber at the back of a cave in
South Africa may be the remnants of a new species of ancient human relative.
Explorers happened upon the bones after squeezing through a fissure high up in the rear wall of the Rising Star cave , 50km from Johannesburg, before descending down a long, narrow chute to the chamber floor 40 metres beneath the surface.
The entrance chute into the Dinaledi chamber is so tight - a mere eight inches wide - that six lightly-built female researchers were brought in to excavate the bones. Footage from their cameras was beamed along 3.5km of optic cable to a command centre above ground as they worked inside the cramped enclosure.
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