Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims

Through another opening, such as the Postbox, that is now closed or impassable.

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Where it stands

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

What it predicts

Flowstone and sediment dates show the opening was passable during deposition.

What would rule it out

Dates showing the opening sealed before 335 ka or opened after 236 ka.

Evidence 1 for · none against

The flowstone chronology raises the Postbox as an alternative route that would cut 80 m from the approach.

Suggestive

FOR

The questions it answers

By which route did the hominins, or the bodies, reach the Dinaledi Subsystem?

Part of How did the remains of many Homo naledi individuals come to lie in the dark chambers of the Dinaledi Subsystem?

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Through another opening, such as the Postbox, that is now closed or impassable. [Answer ANS0D38XF7W55VD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38XF7W55VD

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