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Fossil of early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago found in South Africa
NBC ^ | 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.


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1 posted on 11/05/2021 9:49:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

PinGGG!........................


2 posted on 11/05/2021 9:49:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Another hoax.


3 posted on 11/05/2021 9:49:46 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Red Badger

COVID?


4 posted on 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.)
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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.

5 posted on 11/05/2021 9:54:42 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Red Badger
Fossil of early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago found in South Africa

Obviously a Transsexual.

6 posted on 11/05/2021 9:55:56 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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7 posted on 11/05/2021 9:56:30 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Must be from West Virginia...................


8 posted on 11/05/2021 9:57:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Navy Patriot

Transvaal?..................


9 posted on 11/05/2021 9:58:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
White guy did it. Trumpanthropyllicus Orangeus Maximus.

Poor kid.

10 posted on 11/05/2021 10:00:08 AM PDT by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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To: Jim W N

Extinction is forever


11 posted on 11/05/2021 10:00:46 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go ...)
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To: Red Badger
He went into the cave looking for the transgender bathroom and never found one.

Ain't progress great?

12 posted on 11/05/2021 10:01:32 AM PDT by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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To: Red Badger

Transvaal is province in the northwest part of South Africa.


13 posted on 11/05/2021 10:01:45 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Little Ray

Not any more!.............🤔


14 posted on 11/05/2021 10:04:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks Red Badger. Nice find!

15 posted on 11/05/2021 10:04:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Red Badger

South Africa Peking man?


16 posted on 11/05/2021 10:05:33 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Jim W N

Why is it a hoax?


17 posted on 11/05/2021 10:05:35 AM PDT by Bassfisher2022
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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.


18 posted on 11/05/2021 10:06:21 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Red Badger

If only he would have been vaccinat3d...


19 posted on 11/05/2021 10:07:13 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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To: Red Badger

Odd, West Virginia to be precise...


20 posted on 11/05/2021 10:07:46 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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