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
Bodies or bones reached the chambers through openings now closed, by falls, sediment movement or remains…
Bodies or bones reached the chambers through openings now closed, by falls, sediment movement or remains moving down through the system.
Where it stands
Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Flowstone and sediment dating show an opening connected to the chambers during deposition.
- Some non-hominin animals arrive by the same route.
What would rule it out
- A complete flowstone chronology showing no open connection to the surface other than the present route during 236-335 ka.
Evidence 1 for · 1 against
FOR
The questions it answers
Most likelyLiving H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Bodies or bones reached the chambers through openings now closed, by falls, sediment movement or remains… [Answer ANS0D38XABM51A8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38XABM51A8
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year = {2026},
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