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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
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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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Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 10, October 2026.
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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
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New opportunities rising

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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Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis

eLife, 2021
The evolution of bipedalism and reduced reliance on arboreality in hominins resulted in larger lower limb joints relative to the joints of the upper limb. The pattern and timing of this transition, however, remains unresolved.
Anjali M Prabhat, Catherine K Miller, Thomas Cody Prang, Jeffrey Spear, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva   +5 more
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But could they tell right from wrong? Evolution, moral responsibility and human distinctiveness

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article takes as its point of departure the public interest aroused by the discovery of Homo naledi and the debate about the possibility that H. naledi buried their dead. If they buried their dead, did H.
David N. Field
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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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Fossils and tombs and how they haunt us

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
Fossils and tombs in museums fascinate us and haunt us with their secrets. The discovery of the remains of Homo naledi, found, as argued by some, in an ancient burial chamber, promises to reveal secrets of an unremembered past, thus offering clues ...
Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
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