QuestionsHomo naledi and the Rising Star burial claimsWere the Hill Antechamber and Dinaledi features bodies placed in dug pits and deliberately covered?Answer
Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims
H. naledi dug hollows in the chamber floor, laid bodies in them and covered them with sediment; some features…
H. naledi dug hollows in the chamber floor, laid bodies in them and covered them with sediment; some features were later disturbed by further digging.
Where it stands
DisputedThree pieces of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- A cut through pre-existing layers is visible in section and in micromorphology at the feature edges.
- The infill differs in composition and fabric from the floor it cuts.
- Articulated parts show the body decayed in a filled space, not on an open surface.
- Features are of body size and shape and recur.
What would rule it out
- Full excavation and thin sections across a feature edge showing continuous, undisturbed layering, or infill indistinguishable from the surrounding autobrecciated sediment.
Evidence 3 for · 3 against
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FOR
AGAINST
The questions it answers
Open4 answers, none ahead
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). H. naledi dug hollows in the chamber floor, laid bodies in them and covered them with sediment; some features… [Answer ANS0D38XBAW5W7R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38XBAW5W7R
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year = {2026},
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