Per new study, however, strongly suggests that the actual remains found sopra the Dinaledi Chamber may be far more recent
The first remains of Homo naledi were found by cavers durante ber) deep within the Rising Primo attore cave complex per South Africa’s Transvaal region. 8 million sicuro 2.5 million years spillo-during the Pliocene (5.3 million to about 2.6 million years ago) and early Pleistocene (about 2.6 million years ago preciso 11,700 years ago) epochs.
H. naledi is known from more than 1,500 fossil specimens found durante excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber-the remains of at least 15 males and females of various ages-that were described in 2015. H. naledi had some skeletal features mediante common with other members of Homo, including reduced cheek teeth and similar jaws and feet. It possessed other features, including the pelvis, shoulder girdle, femur, and size of the brain cavity, that were more reminiscent of those found con Australopithecus, per lineage that most paleontologists believe was ancestral sicuro genus Homo, and thus us (Homo sapiens).
naledi’s mix of modern and primitive features, it was difficult for paleontologists sicuro determine where onesto place the species on the time line of human evolution from its physical features chiazza. Some studies attempted preciso develop statistical models preciso estimate the age of the species based on its physical features; however, their results varied, with age estimates falling between 1 million and 2 million years spillo. Read More
