# Individuals entered the subsystem alive, for refuge or exploration, and died there, singly or in groups.

> Still possible: Individuals entered the subsystem alive, for refuge or exploration, and died there, singly or in groups.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/answers/ANS0D38X9M66GDZ/individuals-entered-the-subsystem-alive-for-refuge-or  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials)[How did the remains of many Homo naledi individuals come to lie in the dark chambers of the Dinaledi Subsystem?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/questions/QST0D38X76261BP/how-did-the-remains-of-many-homo-naledi-individuals-come-to)Answer

Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims

# Individuals entered the subsystem alive, for refuge or exploration, and died there, singly or in groups.

Individuals entered the subsystem alive, for refuge or exploration, and died there, singly or in groups.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Deaths are spread through time rather than clustered.
- Bodies lie where people moving in the dark would stop or fall, such as the foot of the Chute.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence that the bodies were moved after death or were placed in arranged positions.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Material at the base of the Chute in the Hill Antechamber fits individuals coming down the fissure.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38X9W01E2F/material-at-the-base-of-the-chute-in-the-hill-antechamber)

Speculative

FOR

[The team argues the age profile and repeated deposition favour carrying of the dead over accidental death.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XA3T0G8Z/the-team-argues-the-age-profile-and-repeated-deposition)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[How did the remains of many Homo naledi individuals come to lie in the dark chambers of the Dinaledi Subsystem?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/questions/QST0D38X76261BP/how-did-the-remains-of-many-homo-naledi-individuals-come-to)

Most likelyLiving H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Individuals entered the subsystem alive, for refuge or exploration, and died there, singly or in groups. [Answer ANS0D38X9M66GDZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38X9M66GDZ
```

Key

**ANS** 0D38X9M66GDZ

Kind

Answer · hypothesis

Origin

Published

Version

1

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history.

[JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ANS0D38X9M66GDZ)