Homo Naledi
Last updated by: January 22, 2021
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-naledi
This article talks about the information of Homo Naledi such as when they discovered it, how the homo survived thousands of years ago and their characteristics.
Homo Naledi was first discovered in the DInadeli Chamber of the Rising Star Cave in South Africa. They have found that there are over 1550 specimens of 15 homo individuals from this site. This Homo lived between 335,000 and 256,000 years ago. Homo Naledi has a mixture of characteristics of modern humans and apes (Australopithecus). They have modern human characteristics such as the hands, feet and the size of their brain and they have apes characteristics such as the pelvis and shoulder. Homo Naledi's height is approximately 4ft 9 (1.44m) and their weight estimates range from 88-123lbs (39.7-55.8kg). That time, it may be that Homo Naledi lived in a different environment from where the other homo species lived in because their teeth provide clues about their diet and environment and it shows that their teeth in fact are different from the other Homo species that lived around the same time.
