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To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!........................ Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa
2 posted on 03/16/2016 2:04:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: Red Badger
The skeleton of Homo Naledi, a newly discovered human ancestor displayed during the unveiling of the discovery in Maropeng
4 posted on 03/16/2016 2:05:12 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: Red Badger

How can you tell he’s a homo? Does the wrist show signs of limpness or something?


6 posted on 03/16/2016 2:06:33 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Politics: from the greek "poly" [many] and the english "ticks" [blood sucking parasites])
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To: Red Badger

Looks like a smoker; note the nicotine stained fingers. Well, ex-smoker...


32 posted on 03/16/2016 3:06:23 PM PDT by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like a primate’s hands.


41 posted on 03/16/2016 3:40:40 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Red Badger; publius911; gleeaikin; zeestephen; TigersEye; TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed; fini; ...
from the article: "...discovered the skull of a weird, unique extinct human..."

Red Badger: "Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa"

Homo? maybe.
Human? certainly not.

At 2.8 million years old these creatures were on the border-line between our classification genus Australopithecus and genus homo which includes us.
So, Homo naledi were certainly hominins, but just as certainly not Humans.

See here for a list of genus Homo species, their ages and numbers of fossils found for each.

55 posted on 03/17/2016 8:53:31 AM PDT by BroJoeK (ea little historical perspective...)
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