Editor’s Note: This story was initially published with the title “Team including Princeton anthropologist makes groundbreaking discovery on early human burial practices.” This story has been ...
A new study casts doubt on claims that Homo naledi, a small-brained hominin dating to between 335-241,000 years ago, deliberately buried their dead and produced rock art in Rising Star Cave, South ...
Deep within the Dinaledi chamber of the Rising Star cave in South Africa, a mysterious cache of over 1,000 bones corresponding to some 15 or so ancient hominins was found. Scientists are now calling ...