# Through the present route, including the Chute.

> Still possible: Through the present route, including the Chute.

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Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims

# Through the present route, including the Chute.

Through the present route, including the Chute.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- No other opening was available between 236 and 335 ka.
- Remains concentrate at the foot of the Chute and in the chambers beyond.

## What would rule it out

- A dated alternative opening in use during deposition.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Hominin material lies at the base of the Chute in the Hill Antechamber.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XF020QP4/hominin-material-lies-at-the-base-of-the-chute-in-the-hill)

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## The questions it answers

[By which route did the hominins, or the bodies, reach the Dinaledi Subsystem?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/questions/QST0D38X7NP2YAE/by-which-route-did-the-hominins-or-the-bodies-reach-the)

Part of [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)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Through the present route, including the Chute. [Answer ANS0D38XER804QY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38XER804QY
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