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Homo naledi: New species of human ancestor discovered in South Africa
cnn.com ^
| September 10, 2015
| David McKenzie and Hamilton Wende
Posted on 09/10/2015 5:12:13 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Rising Star Cave, South Africa (CNN)When an amateur caver and university geologist arrived at Lee Berger's house one night in late 2013 with a fragment of a fossil jawbone in hand, they broke out the beers and called National Geographic.
Berger, a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, had unearthed some major finds before. But he knew he had something big on his hands.
What he didn't know at the time is that it would shake up our understanding of the progress of human evolution and even pose new questions about our identity.
Two years after they were tipped off by cavers plumbing the depths of the limestone tunnels in the Rising Star Cave outside Johannesburg, Berger and his team have discovered what they say is a new addition to our family tree.
The team is calling this new species of human relative "Homo naledi," and they say it appears to have buried its dead -- a behavior scientists previously thought was limited to humans.
Berger's team came up with the startling theory just days after reaching the place where the fossils -- consisting of infants, children, adults and elderly individuals -- were found, in a previously isolated chamber within the cave.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: africa; godsgravesglyphs; homo; homonaledi; humanspecies; johannesburg; origins; risingstarcav; risingstarcave; southafrica
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To: ilovesarah2012
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09/10/2015 5:17:39 AM PDT
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Dr. Ursus
To: ilovesarah2012
How long before the “homo” jokes start?
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posted on
09/10/2015 5:18:08 AM PDT
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Graybeard58
( Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Wait till they hear about Homo Caitlyni
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posted on
09/10/2015 5:18:12 AM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
09/10/2015 5:19:47 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Graybeard58
How long before the “homo” jokes start?
Stuff like, “wow, he was in the closet for a loooong time.”
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09/10/2015 5:22:37 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Cut the crap!)
To: ilovesarah2012
Looks like Michelle. FLOTUS
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09/10/2015 5:23:10 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: ilovesarah2012
This will be used as “dead-solid PROOF” that blacks were in South Africa before Europeans showed up and took it all away from them.
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09/10/2015 5:25:08 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(BREAKING: Boy Scouts of America Changes Corporate Identity to "Scouting for Boys in America")
To: ilovesarah2012
Finally! An explanation for my ex-husband!
*Ba-Dump-Dump* :)
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09/10/2015 5:25:51 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
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09/10/2015 5:27:09 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Amusing
Another bone fragment of a jaw that looks like an ape, and they call it a left handed bisexual hominid that ate berries and chutes and made crude tools...
And they can tell all that from a bone FRAGment...
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09/10/2015 5:29:04 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
To: ilovesarah2012
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09/10/2015 5:32:58 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: RaceBannon
Parachute?
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09/10/2015 5:36:55 AM PDT
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Lisbon1940
(No full-term governors)
To: Graybeard58
How long before the “homo” jokes start? OK, I'll play.
Artists rendition of what Homo naledimay have looked like:
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09/10/2015 5:37:12 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: ilovesarah2012
The article says that the women crawled through a 7 inch hole to gain access to the site. Proves once again that women have been lied to about what constitutes 7 inches!
I am sorry!!! I know I will catch a lot grief (well deserved), but I could not resist.
Start the flaming!
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09/10/2015 5:37:42 AM PDT
by
SPI-Man
(Our government has become a circus created by clowns for the benefit of fools.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Did they look like this?
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09/10/2015 5:40:32 AM PDT
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Dr. Thorne
(The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Romans 13:12)
To: Dr. Thorne
To: SPI-Man
I read that and just shook my head. Obviously a person could not fit through a seven inch opening in the cave.
To: ilovesarah2012
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09/10/2015 5:50:34 AM PDT
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Leep
(Cut the crap!)
To: ilovesarah2012
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09/10/2015 5:51:27 AM PDT
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NonValueAdded
(In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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