# The stone is a shaped tool placed with the body.

> Still possible: The stone is a shaped tool placed with the body.

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Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims

# The stone is a shaped tool placed with the body.

The stone is a shaped tool placed with the body.

**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

- Use-wear, flake scars or residues distinguish it from stones in the surrounding sediment.

## What would rule it out

- Surface analysis showing only natural fracture and the same lithology as clasts in the sediment.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The stone lies against the articulated hand within the feature and has a tool-like outline.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XG742HRE/the-stone-lies-against-the-articulated-hand-within-the)

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## The questions it answers

[Is the stone found by the hand in the Hill Antechamber Feature an artefact placed with the body?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/questions/QST0D38X7XG7DZN/is-the-stone-found-by-the-hand-in-the-hill-antechamber)

Part of [Were the Hill Antechamber and Dinaledi features bodies placed in dug pits and deliberately covered?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/questions/QST0D38X7DW1XKH/were-the-hill-antechamber-and-dinaledi-features-bodies)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The stone is a shaped tool placed with the body. [Answer ANS0D38XFZA7N6Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38XFZA7N6Q
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