# DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi

> DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/artifacts/ART0D38XN3C7CVZ/dh1-holotype-cranium-of-homo-naledi  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D38XN3C7CVZ·Artifact · object

# DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi

PhotographCC BY 4.0Recovered 2013-2014

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[![DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/homo-naledi-burials-a-dh1-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/homo-naledi-burials-a-dh1-m1?w=2000)

DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi: photograph

[![DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/homo-naledi-burials-a-dh1-m1)][![DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/homo-naledi-burials-a-dh1-m2)][![DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/homo-naledi-burials-a-dh1-m3)]

Lee Roger Berger research team, 2013. CC BY 4.0

## Copies 4

**Photo** Berger and colleagues · elifesciences.org · 2015-09-10 · CC-BY-4.0Primary source: [Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38WXDJ0GA9/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-the-genus-homo-from-the)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://elifesciences.org/articles/09560)

**Photograph** Lee Roger Berger research team · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_naledi_skeletal_specimens.jpg)

**Photograph** Smigel · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_Naledi_-_Facial_reconstruction.jpg)

**Photograph** Emőke Dénes · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Em_-_Hominidae_sp._-_4.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Dinaledi Chamber and Hill Antechamber (U.W. 101)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D38X29T6WX5/dinaledi-chamber-and-hill-antechamber-u-w-101) · Cave chamber

## Sources 1

- [Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38WXDJ0GA9/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-the-genus-homo-from-the)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). DH1, holotype cranium of Homo naledi [Artifact ART0D38XN3C7CVZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D38XN3C7CVZ
```

Key

**ART** 0D38XN3C7CVZ

Kind

Object

Held by

Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand

Dated

recovered 2013-2014

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Place

[Dinaledi Chamber and Hill Antechamber (U.W. 101)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D38X29T6WX5/dinaledi-chamber-and-hill-antechamber-u-w-101)

Part of

[Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials)

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