QuestionsHomo naledi and the Rising Star burial claimsHow did the remains of many Homo naledi individuals come to lie in the dark chambers of the Dinaledi Subsystem?Answer
Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims
Living H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem.
Living H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- No other agent (carnivore, water, gravity from a surface shaft) can deliver bodies to the chambers.
- Remains are concentrated where a route from the entrance would bring them, not spread as a natural trap spreads them.
- Some evidence of repeated use (remains of different ages and states of preservation).
What would rule it out
- A dated opening above the chambers through which bodies could fall or be washed in during the time of deposition, or evidence that other animals accumulated with the hominins.
Evidence 3 for · 1 against
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The questions it answers
Most likelyLiving H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Living H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem. [Answer ANS0D38X8D43WJ1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38X8D43WJ1
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title = {Living H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem.},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D38X8D43WJ1},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38X8D43WJ1}
}