# H. naledi engraved the marks.

> Disputed: H. naledi engraved the marks.

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Answer · Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims

# H. naledi engraved the marks.

H. naledi engraved the marks.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The marks are of tool origin, and a covering crust or flowstone dates them to the H. naledi period.

## What would rule it out

- Dates on the marks younger than 236 ka, or evidence of natural origin.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The marks sit in the chamber with H. naledi remains and no other hominin is known there.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XHE61XVP/the-marks-sit-in-the-chamber-with-h-naledi-remains-and-no)

Speculative

FOR

[The marks have not been dated and their anthropogenic origin is not shown.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XHP03N4G/the-marks-have-not-been-dated-and-their-anthropogenic-origin)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Did Homo naledi make the cross-hatched marks on the walls of the Hill Antechamber?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/questions/QST0D38X85A4VBA/did-homo-naledi-make-the-cross-hatched-marks-on-the-walls-of)

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)

Open4 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). H. naledi engraved the marks. [Answer ANS0D38XH6C2JSQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D38XH6C2JSQ
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