Posted on 09/10/2015 6:00:52 AM PDT by blam
September 10, 2015
JOHANNESBURG—The discovery of a new species of human relative was announced today (Sept. 10) by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University), the National Geographic Society and the South African Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation (DST/NRF). Besides shedding light on the origins and diversity of our genus, the new species, Homo naledi, appears to have intentionally deposited bodies of its dead in a remote cave chamber, a behaviour previously thought limited to humans.
The finds are described in two papers published in the scientific journal eLife and reported in the cover story of the October issue of National Geographic magazine (http://natgeo.org/naledi) and a NOVA/National Geographic Special (#NalediFossils). An international team of scientists took part in the research.
Consisting of more than 1,550 numbered fossil elements, the discovery is the single largest fossil hominin find yet made on the continent of Africa. The initial discovery was made in 2013 in a cave known as Rising Star in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, by Wits University scientists and volunteer cavers. The fossils, which have yet to be dated, lay in a chamber about 90 meters (some 100 yards) from the cave entrance, accessible only through a chute so narrow that a special team of very slender individuals was needed to retrieve them.
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I just finished watching the PBS Nova documentary on this at the PBS website. It aired this week on TV. Dawn of Humanity
Yup. Click on link below:
Looks like a tanned version of Gollum to me.
Thanks blam. Now here's something unexpected:
Well, that counts me out.
Clearly they were keeping fit the old fashioned way, running for their lives and being opportunistic feeders instead of 3 square a day plans.
So, another species of ape has been found. ‘Cause man ain’t monkey.
the species in question are the evolution of the work to develop the current God like image that actually has infinite variation
[[The Latin adjective humanus comes from the noun homo ]]
Not anus?
Bret Bair and the ‘scientist’ on with him were all excited because it ‘looks like they went in there for the purpose of doing burials’
They are already inventing human traits and acts for this species of ape
There are two Latin words spelled like that. One, with a long A, is a masculine noun (2nd declension) meaning “buttocks.” The other, with a short A, is a feminine noun (4th declension) meaning “old woman.”
[[Homo naledi, appears to have intentionally deposited bodies of its dead in a remote cave chamber, a behaviour previously thought limited to humans. ]]
Yeah not so much- they fell down a narrow opening because they weren’t too bright, and they couldn’t get out- this happens ALL the time In nature
[[Homo naledi, appears to have intentionally deposited bodies of its dead in a remote cave chamber, a behaviour previously thought limited to humans. ]]
They have some huma-like feaqtures]]
Yep= again, not so much!
“Homo naledi’s shoulder joints and curved finger bones are typical of tree-swinging apes. Its flared hips are typical of australopithecine apes. The lower ribcage widens just like the ribcage of australopithecine apes. And while Homo naledi reportedly has a “generally humanlike ankle and foot” in that the shapes of some of the foot bones could be consistent with an arched foot, this is described in the study as a lower arch with a different orientation than typical of the modern human foot.2
The study describing Homo naledi, published in the journal eLife, indicates the wrist, hands, and thumbs were proportioned in such a way to be able to manipulate tools. (As we noted recently, another team of scientists surveying australopithecine hands confirmed that although australopithecines have longer thumbs than living apes, their finger-thumb proportions resemble neither human nor chimpanzee hands. See “Are Human Hands More Primitive Than Chimps’?” to explore this point further.) Likewise, while Homo naledi’s thumb is a little longer than that of Australopithecus afarensis, the authors make no claim that it matches that of humans, indicating instead that it differs from all known hominins.3 Australopithecine finger-thumb proportions reveal diversity among apes, not evolutionary progress in grip engineering. Nothing about Homo naledi’s hand indicates it belonged to a human. With its curved finger bones and other ape-like features, Homo naledi is more likely to have used its hands to swing through trees than to wield a stone axe. Incidentally, no tools or other items associated with human culture were found in the cave.”
https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/homo-naledi-new-species-human-ancestor/
[[The other, with a short A, is a feminine noun (4th declension) meaning “old woman.”]]
Um yeah, let’s keep that info hush hush- don’t thuink it would play well in mixed company lol
More like its graveyard.
Watch Unknown Cave Of Bones on Netflix.
Thanks Sawdring. I'll wait for it to be ripped and uploaded to YouTube, ***** Netflix. Pinging the list for those who already have Netflix and may be interested, so, again, Sawdring.
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Florida man?
Any relation to Florida Man?
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