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Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims2 key questions · 5 questions · 0 answered

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KeyHow did the remains of many Homo naledi individuals come to lie in the dark chambers of the Dinaledi Subsystem?

Most likelyLiving H. naledi carried or dragged their dead into the subsystem

By which route did the hominins, or the bodies, reach the Dinaledi Subsystem?

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KeyWere the Hill Antechamber and Dinaledi features bodies placed in dug pits and deliberately covered?

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Did Homo naledi make the cross-hatched marks on the walls of the Hill Antechamber?

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Is the stone found by the hand in the Hill Antechamber Feature an artefact placed with the body?

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