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Homo naledi and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa [PDF]

eLife, 2017
New discoveries and dating of fossil remains from the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, have strong implications for our understanding of Pleistocene human evolution in Africa.
Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Paul HGM Dirks, Marina Elliott, Eric M Roberts   +4 more
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Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi [PDF]

eLife, 2023
In this study, we describe new results of excavations in the Dinaledi Subsystem of the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. In two areas within the Hill Antechamber and the Dinaledi Chamber, this work uncovered concentrations of abundant Homo naledi ...
Lee R Berger, Tebogo Vincent Makhubela, Keneiloe Molopyane, Ashley Krüger, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Marina Elliott, Becca Peixotto, Agustín Fuentes, Paul Tafforeau, Vincent Beyrand, Kathleen Dollman, Zubair Jinnah, Angharad Brewer Gillham, Kenneth Broad, Juliet Brophy, Gideon Chinamatira, Paul HGM Dirks, Elen Feuerriegel, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Lindsay Hunter, Rick Hunter, Kudakwashe Jakata, Corey Jaskolski, Hannah Morris, Ellie Pryor, Maropeng Mpete, Eric M Roberts, Jacqueline S Smilg, Mathabela Tsikoane, Steven Tucker, Dirk Van Rooyen, Kerryn Warren, Colin D Wren, Marc Kissel, Penny Spikins, John Hawks   +36 more
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Dental development in Homo naledi. [PDF]

Biol Lett, 2017
Humans’ prolonged somatic development and life history are unique among primates, yet their evolutionary origins remain unclear. Dental development has been used as a proxy to reconstruct life history evolution in the hominin clade and indicates a recent emergence of the human developmental pattern.
Cofran Z, Walker CS.
europepmc   +4 more sources

The Role of Footwear in the Pathogenesis of Hallux Valgus: A Proof-of-Concept Finite Element Analysis in Recent Humans and Homo naledi [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
Hallux valgus (HV), the bunion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ), bothers many adults. No consensus has been reached about the causes of HV, be it a hereditary, or acquired, or multifactorial disease. Nor has agreement been reached using MTPJ
Genyu Yu, Yuzhou Fan, Yuxuan Fan, Ruining Li, Yaming Liu, Djordje Antonijevic, Djordje Antonijevic, Petar Milovanovic, Bo Zhang, Zhiyu Li, Marija Djuric, Yifang Fan   +11 more
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Metatarsophalangeal proportions of Homo naledi

South African Journal of Science, 2019
Post-cranial differences between extant apes and humans include differences in the length, shape and size of bone elements relative to each other; i.e. differences in proportions.
Sarah Traynor, Mark Banghart, Zachary Throckmorton   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa [PDF]

eLife, 2017
The Rising Star cave system has produced abundant fossil hominin remains within the Dinaledi Chamber, representing a minimum of 15 individuals attributed to Homo naledi.
John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E Churchill, Darryl J de Ruiter, Eric M Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M Garvin, Scott A Williams, Lucas K Delezene, Elen M Feuerriegel, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Tracy L Kivell, Myra F Laird, Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Jeremy M DeSilva, Shara E Bailey, Juliet K Brophy, Marc R Meyer, Matthew M Skinner, Matthew W Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S Walker, Timothy L Campbell, Brian Kuhn, Ashley Kruger, Steven Tucker, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Rick Hunter, Hannah Morris, Becca Peixotto, Maropeng Ramalepa, Dirk van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Pedro Boshoff, Paul HGM Dirks, Lee R Berger   +37 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Brain structure and function in Homo naledi. [PDF]

Brain Struct Funct
Abstract Endocasts are casts of the internal surface of skull bones created by the brain and surrounding tissues. These fossil phantoms provide the most direct evidence of the brains of extinct organisms, and are one of the many puzzle pieces that help paleoneurologists reconstruct brain evolution.
Cofran Z, Hurst S, Hawks J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa [PDF]

eLife, 2015
We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi. Approximately 1550 specimens of hominin remains have been recovered from at least 15 individuals, representing ...
Paul HGM Dirks, Lee R Berger, Eric M Roberts, Jan D Kramers, John Hawks, Patrick S Randolph-Quinney, Marina Elliott, Charles M Musiba, Steven E Churchill, Darryl J de Ruiter, Peter Schmid, Lucinda R Backwell, Georgy A Belyanin, Pedro Boshoff, K Lindsay Hunter, Elen M Feuerriegel, Alia Gurtov, James du G Harrison, Rick Hunter, Ashley Kruger, Hannah Morris, Tebogo V Makhubela, Becca Peixotto, Steven Tucker   +23 more
doaj   +2 more sources

An initial report of circa 241,000- to 335,000-year-old rock engravings and their relation to Homo naledi in the Rising Star cave system, South Africa [PDF]

eLife
The production of painted, etched, or engraved designs on cave walls or other surfaces is recognized as a major cognitive step in human evolution.
Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Agustín Fuentes, Dirk Van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Maropeng Mpete, Samuel Nkwe, Keneiloe Molopyane   +7 more
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Homo luzonensis and the role of homoplasy in the morphology of hominin insular species [PDF]

Cladistics, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 286-316, June 2026.
Abstract Homo luzonensis lived during the upper Pleistocene in the northern Philippines, east of the Wallace line. The few specimens attributed to this species show a mosaic of plesiomorphies for the genus Homo and apomorphies found in upper Pleistocene Homo species.
Pierre Gousset, Jérémie Bardin, Isabelle Rouget, Armand S. Mijares, Florent Détroit   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources