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Mark Thiessan/National Geographic Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all, according to a remarkable discovery about an early hominin. Homo naledi, a hominin discovered in the ...

Reconstruction of the skull of a female Homo naledi child researchers have named Leti(© Wits University) Newly uncovered remains of H. naledi individuals from other chambers deeper within the Rising ...

New scientific studies posted online suggest that Homo naledi, an ancient human cousin discovered in South Africa a decade ago, might have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls in what ...

The fossil hands of Australopithecus sediba (around two million years old) and Homo naledi (around 250,000 years old) show that these South African hominins may have had different levels of dexterity, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RISING STAR CAVE, South Africa– When an ...

Homo naledi, the ancient human relative recently discovered in South Africa, walked upright and climbed trees, according to new research. Two new papers, published on Tuesday in the scientific journal ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of what may be the world’s oldest known human burial. The team argues that several Homo naledi remains, dating back about 300,000 years, show signs of having been ...

For hundreds of thousands of years, the fossil of a small child has been hidden in the darkness of South Africa’s Rising Star cave. The skull, from a child that was 4 to 6 years old at the time of ...

Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all. Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all, according to a remarkable discovery about an early hominin. Homo naledi, a ...