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A team of scientists and researchers, led by Wits University professor Lee

Berger, believe they've unearthed a new species of human relative in the
worlds richest hominid fossil site, the Cradle of Humankind.
The Rising Star Expedition has already removed parts of 15 individuals from
the chamber, but researchers believe theyre only just scratching the surface
and that there may be hundreds or even thousands more fossilized remains
waiting to be unearthed
Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominid discovered
within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of
Humankind, South Africa by Professor Lee Berger.
This species is characterized by body mass and stature similar to smallbodied human populations but a small Endocrinol volume similar to
Australopithecus.
Cranial morphology of Homo Naledi

Naledi is unique, but most similar to early Homo species including Homo
erectus, Homo habilis or Homo dissensions.
While primitive, the dentition is generally small and simple in occlusion
morphology.
Naledi has human like manipulator y adaptations of the hand and wrist.

It also exhibits a human like foot and lower limb.

These human like aspects are contrasted in the postprandial with a more
primitive or Australopithecus-like trunk, shoulder, pelvis and proximal femur.
Representing at least 15 individuals with most skeletal elements repeated
multiple times, this is the largest assemblage of a single species of hominid
yet discovered in Africa.

And out of more than 1,550 fossil elements unearthed in the chamber, only a
handful belong to animals (such as mice and birds) other than hominines.

Archaeological evidence also suggests that they didnt all attend the chamber
at the same time.

None of the fossils bear any marks that could suggest that the individuals
were killed or that their bodies were scavenged.

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Reference
Lee.B (2015). Homo naledi. Available: http://https://www.wits.ac.za/.../homonaledi/homo-naledi-our-new-human-relative.html. Last accessed 03 November
2016.