# The 2025 paper argues the topography and sediment observations exclude slumping as the cause of rapid…

> The 2025 paper argues the topography and sediment observations exclude slumping as the cause of rapid covering.

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# The 2025 paper argues the topography and sediment observations exclude slumping as the cause of rapid…

The 2025 paper argues the topography and sediment observations exclude slumping as the cause of rapid covering.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Bodies were buried by gravity-driven slumping or collapse of sediment within the chamber.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/answers/ANS0D38XDS00FH1/bodies-were-buried-by-gravity-driven-slumping-or-collapse-of)

Still possible

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The 2025 paper argues the topography and sediment observations exclude slumping as the cause of rapid… [Evidence EVD0D38XE0T64JF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D38XE0T64JF
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