But their brains were as small as a gorilla's, suggesting Homo naledi was incredibly primitive. Lesedi was shallower and easier to access than the Dinaledi chamber, but only marginally so. Right: The skeleton of the roughly 250,000-year-old Homo naledi dubbed “Neo.” These are two of the most complete hominin skeletons known to science. Meanwhile the stratigraphy, or ordering of the rock layers, of the Dinaledi chamber was difficult to decipher. You can’t just write them off.”Berger and Hawks hedged when asked where Homo naledi might fit on the human family tree.

Source: Washington Post May 09, 2017 08:04 UTC