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The many mysteries of Homo naledi [PDF]

ELife, 2015
More than 1500 fossils from the Rising Star cave system in South Africa have been assigned to a new human species, Homo naledi, which displays a unique combination of primitive and derived traits throughout the skeleton.
Chris Stringer
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Reconstructing the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint of Homo naledi [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019
The aim of the present study was to develop a new method to reconstruct damaged metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) of Homo naledi's fossil and to deepen the understanding of the first metatarsal head (FMH) morphological adaptation in different gait ...
Yuxuan Fan, Djorđje Antonijević, Djorđje Antonijević, Djorđje Antonijević, Svetlana Antic, Svetlana Antic, Ruining Li, Yaming Liu, Zhiyu Li, Marija Djuric, Yifang Fan   +10 more
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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa [PDF]

eLife, 2015
Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Darryl J de Ruiter, Steven E Churchill, Peter Schmid, Lucas K Delezene, Tracy L Kivell, Heather M Garvin, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva, Matthew M Skinner, Charles M Musiba, Noel Cameron, Trenton W Holliday, William Harcourt-Smith, Rebecca R Ackermann, Markus Bastir, Barry Bogin, Debra Bolter, Juliet Brophy, Zachary D Cofran, Kimberly A Congdon, Andrew S Deane, Mana Dembo, Michelle Drapeau, Marina C Elliott, Elen M Feuerriegel, Daniel Garcia-Martinez, David J Green, Alia Gurtov, Joel D Irish, Ashley Kruger, Myra F Laird, Damiano Marchi, Marc R Meyer, Shahed Nalla, Enquye W Negash, Caley M Orr, Davorka Radovcic, Lauren Schroeder, Jill E Scott, Zachary Throckmorton, Matthew W Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S Walker, Pianpian Wei, Bernhard Zipfel   +46 more
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Immature remains and the first partial skeleton of a juvenile Homo naledi, a late Middle Pleistocene hominin from South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
Immature remains are critical for understanding maturational processes in hominin species as well as for interpreting changes in ontogenetic development in hominin evolution.
Debra R Bolter, Marina C Elliott, John Hawks, Lee R Berger   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa [PDF]

eLife, 2017
New ages for flowstone, sediments and fossil bones from the Dinaledi Chamber are presented. We combined optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments with U-Th and palaeomagnetic analyses of flowstones to establish that all sediments containing ...
Paul HGM Dirks, Eric M Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Jan D Kramers, John Hawks, Anthony Dosseto, Mathieu Duval, Marina Elliott, Mary Evans, Rainer Grün, John Hellstrom, Andy IR Herries, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Tebogo V Makhubela, Christa J Placzek, Jessie Robbins, Carl Spandler, Jelle Wiersma, Jon Woodhead, Lee R Berger   +19 more
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An examination of Homo naledi early juveniles recovered from the Rising Star cave system, South Africa

Annals of Human Biology
Background Six Homo naledi early juveniles were recovered from U.W. 101 (Dinaledi Chamber), U.W. 102 (Lesedi Chamber), and U.W. 110 in the Rising Star cave system.Aim This paper develops the information for the H.
Juliet Brophy, Lee Berger, John Hawks
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Since when have humans had a soul?

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
An attempt is made to determine when humans have had a soul. For this purpose, mind and soul are distinguished from each other. This clarification of terms makes it possible to criticise the emergentist view, which assumes that the soul arises naturally ...
Andreas May
doaj   +1 more source

Immature Hominin Craniodental Remains From a New Locality in the Rising Star Cave System, South Africa

PaleoAnthropology, 2021
Homo naledi is known from the Rising Star cave system, South Africa, where its remains have previously been reported from two localities: the Dinaledi Chamber (U.W. 101) and Lesedi Chamber (U.W. 102). Continued exploration of the cave system has expanded
Juliet K. Brophy, Marina C. Elliott, Darryl J. De Ruiter, Debra R. Bolter, Steven E. Churchill, Christopher S. Walker, John Hawks, Lee R. Berger   +7 more
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Mechanical loading of primate fingers on vertical rock surfaces

South African Journal of Science, 2021
Mechanical loading of finger bones (phalanges) can induce angular curvature, which benefits arboreal primates by dissipating forces and economising the recruitment of muscles during climbing.
Michael C. Everett, Marina C. Elliott, David Gaynor, Austin C. Hill, Samar M. Syeda, Jesse Casana, Bernhard Zipfel, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Nathaniel J. Dominy   +8 more
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A comparison of hominin teeth from Lincoln Cave, Sterkfontein L/63, and the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

South African Journal of Science, 2019
Prior to the recovery of Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system, the Middle Pleistocene fossil record in Africa was particularly sparse.
Juliet K. Brophy, Joel Irish, Steve E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, John Hawks, Lee R. Berger   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source