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

> Still possible: Through another opening, such as the Postbox, that is now closed or impassable.

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Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims

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

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

**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

- 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.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XFFP79A7/the-flowstone-chronology-raises-the-postbox-as-an)

Suggestive

FOR

## 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 another opening, such as the Postbox, that is now closed or impassable. [Answer ANS0D38XF7W55VD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38XF7W55VD
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**ANS** 0D38XF7W55VD

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