Meaning-making behavior in a small-brained hominin, Homo naledi, from the late Pleistocene: contexts and evolutionary implications [PDF]
eLifeExplorations in the Dinaledi Subsystem of the Rising Star cave system have yielded some of the earliest evidence of a mortuary practice in hominins. Because the evidence is attributable to the small-brained Homo naledi, these analyses call into question ...
Agustín Fuentes +5 more
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New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe African Early Pleistocene is a time of evolutionary change and techno-behavioral innovation in human prehistory that sees the advent of our own genus, Homo, from earlier australopithecine ancestors by 2.8-2.3 million years ago.
Karen L. Baab +4 more
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Distinct mandibular premolar crown morphology in Homo naledi and its implications for the evolution of Homo species in southern Africa. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Davies TW +6 more
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The mournful ape: Conflating expression and meaning in the mortuary behaviour of Homo naledi [PDF]
South African Journal of Science, 2015 Thackeray1 questions the hypothesis of deliberate body disposal in the Rising Star Cave by Homo naledi, as proposed by Dirks and colleagues2. Thackeray proposes that lichens produced mineral staining on the skeletal remains of H. naledi.
Patrick S. Randolph-Quinney
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A new star rising: Biology and mortuary behaviour of Homo naledi [PDF]
South African Journal of Science, 2015 Patrick S. Randolph-Quinney
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Cave sedimentation processes in the Homo naledi-bearing Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa [PDF]
, 2021 Jelle Wiersma studied the sedimentary process occurring in the Homo naledi-bearing Rising Star Cave in South Africa. He found that the cave sediments entered the cave between 600-150 ka and that they are locally sourced from the nearby, but migrating ...
Wiersma, Jelle Pouwel
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Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relationships among early mammals [PDF]
, 2020 The estimation of the timing of major divergences in early mammal evolution is challenging due to conflicting interpretations of key fossil taxa. One contentious group is Haramiyida, the earliest members of which are from the Late Triassic.
Beck, RMD, King, B
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eLife, 2017 More fossil specimens and an eagerly awaited age for Homo naledi raise new questions and open fresh opportunities for paleoanthropologists.
Jessica C Thompson
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Evidence in hand: recent discoveries and the early evolution of human manual manipulation [PDF]
, 2015 For several decades, it was largely assumed that stone tool use and production were abilities limited to the genus Homo. However, growing palaeontological and archaeological evidence, comparative extant primate studies, as well as results from ...
Kivell, Tracy L.
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‘Welc(h)omo Naledi’! What does our newest relative have to say to us?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 The new hominin fossil called Homo naledi that was discovered 2 years ago in the Dinaledi Chamber (South Africa) was welcomed into the species of human relatives on 10 September 2015. Welcomed?
Daniël P. Veldsman
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