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Fossil of early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago found in South Africa
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| November 5, 2021
| Staff
Posted on 11/05/2021 9:49:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
The remains were found in a remote part of the cave that suggests the body had been placed there on purpose, said Professor Guy Berger.
JOHANNESBURG — The fossil remains of an early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers.
The team announced the discovery of a partial skull and teeth of a Homo naledi child who died when it was approximately four to six years old.
The remains were found in a remote part of the cave that suggests the body had been placed there on purpose, in what could be a kind of grave, Professor Guy Berger of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, who led the team said in an announcement Thursday.
The placement “adds mystery as to how these many remains came to be in these remote, dark spaces of the Rising Star Cave system,” he added.
Homo naledi is a species of archaic human found in the Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, 30 miles northwest of Johannesburg. Homo naledi dates to the Middle Pleistocene era 335,000–236,000 years ago.
The initial discovery, first publicly announced in 2015, comprises 1,550 specimens, representing 737 different elements, and at least 15 different individuals.
“Homo naledi remains one of the most enigmatic ancient human relatives ever discovered,” said Berger. “It is clearly a primitive species, existing at a time when previously we thought only modern humans were in Africa."
He added that "its very presence at that time and in this place complexifies our understanding of who did what first concerning the invention of complex stone tool cultures and even ritual practices.”
The new discovery is described in two papers in the journal, PaleoAnthropology.
TOPICS: History; Science; Society
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To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!........................
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11/05/2021 9:49:36 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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11/05/2021 9:49:46 AM PDT
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Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Red Badger
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11/05/2021 9:52:52 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
To: Red Badger
suggests the body had been placed there on purpose... Suggests the kid didn't want to eat broccoli, or didn't want to do homework, or was trying to run away.
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11/05/2021 9:54:42 AM PDT
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C210N
(Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
To: Red Badger
Fossil of early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago found in South AfricaObviously a Transsexual.
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11/05/2021 9:55:56 AM PDT
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Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Red Badger
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11/05/2021 9:56:30 AM PDT
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aMorePerfectUnion
(Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Must be from West Virginia...................
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11/05/2021 9:57:13 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Navy Patriot
Transvaal?..................
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11/05/2021 9:58:04 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
White guy did it. Trumpanthropyllicus Orangeus Maximus.
Poor kid.
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11/05/2021 10:00:08 AM PDT
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blackdog
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To: Jim W N
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11/05/2021 10:00:46 AM PDT
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campaignPete R-CT
(I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go ...)
To: Red Badger
He went into the cave looking for the transgender bathroom and never found one.
Ain't progress great?
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11/05/2021 10:01:32 AM PDT
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blackdog
(Jab Dodger. )
To: Red Badger
Transvaal is province in the northwest part of South Africa.
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11/05/2021 10:01:45 AM PDT
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Little Ray
(Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
To: Little Ray
Not any more!.............🤔
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11/05/2021 10:04:16 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks Red Badger. Nice find!
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11/05/2021 10:04:40 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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11/05/2021 10:05:33 AM PDT
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Karliner
(Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Red Badger
Fossils of early hominid are found all over the world Europe Russia France but Africa always gets the credit for where life starts.
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11/05/2021 10:06:21 AM PDT
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Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: Red Badger
If only he would have been vaccinat3d...
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11/05/2021 10:07:13 AM PDT
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Lurkina.n.Learnin
(The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
To: Red Badger
Odd, West Virginia to be precise...
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11/05/2021 10:07:46 AM PDT
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JBW1949
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