# eLife reviewers 2023: Public reviews of the reviewed preprint (version 1): Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi

> eLife reviewers, 2023. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The specific objections a burial claim at Rising Star has to meet.

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# Public reviews of the reviewed preprint (version 1): Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi

eLife reviewers, 2023. _eLife_.

The four public reviews of the 2023 version. They ask for a demonstrated pit cut, full excavation of the features, micromorphology of the disturbed sediment, PCA scores rather than a lone biplot, sediment samples from inside the Hill Antechamber Feature, and an account of decomposition and joint disarticulation; they argue that skeletal articulation alone does not show burial.

**Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims** Reportdoi: **[10.7554/eLife.89106.1.sa2](https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89106.1.sa2)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The specific objections a burial claim at Rising Star has to meet.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[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)

Answer

ANS

[A 2023 reviewer faulted the first version for not weighing erosion and slumping.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XE8M0A7P/a-2023-reviewer-faulted-the-first-version-for-not-weighing)

Evidence

EVD

[Reviewers found no demonstrated pit cut, no micromorphology of the disturbed sediment and no full excavation…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XCA407HT/reviewers-found-no-demonstrated-pit-cut-no-micromorphology)

Evidence

EVD

[Reviewers note articulated elements are commingled with disarticulated ones from the same or different…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XD9C551J/reviewers-note-articulated-elements-are-commingled-with)

Evidence

EVD

[eLife posts the reviewed preprint with four critical public reviews](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/events/EVT0D38X66T07W2/elife-posts-the-reviewed-preprint-with-four-critical-public)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
eLife reviewers (2023). Public reviews of the reviewed preprint (version 1): Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi. eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89106.1.sa2
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[Read it free at elifesciences.org](https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/89106v1/reviews)

Key

**SRC** 0D38WWP45D1P

Kind

Report

Rights

CC-BY-4.0

Kept

27 Oct 2026

Checked

Against the published original

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