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Homo Naledi Burials and Carvings
June 15 , 2023
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- Researchers have uncovered evidence that members of archaic human species buried their dead and carved symbols on cave walls.
- This is the earliest evidence of burials by modern humans.
- The burials are older than any known Homo sapiens burials by at least 100,000 years.
- The brains belonging to Homo naledi, were around one-third the size of a modern human brain.
- Homo naledi, an extinct human species that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.
- Fossils belonging to Homo naledi were first discovered in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa during excavations in 2013.
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