# Berger 2025: An initial report of circa 241,000- to 335,000-year-old rock engravings and their relation to Homo naledi in the Rising Star cave system, South Africa > Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Agustín Fuentes et al., 2025. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The companion claim; used only where it bears on the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38WWXY7MGG/an-initial-report-of-circa-241-000-to-335-000-year-old-rock Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials)Berger 2025 **0** # An initial report of circa 241,000- to 335,000-year-old rock engravings and their relation to Homo naledi in the Rising Star cave system, South Africa Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Agustín Fuentes et al., 2025. _eLife 12: RP89102 (version of record, 22 July 2025)_. Describes cross-hatched and geometric markings on the dolomite of the Hill Antechamber and proposes that Homo naledi made them. eLife's assessment calls the work "important" but "incomplete": anthropogenic origin, age and authorship of the marks all need further work. **Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims** ArticleCopy of **[Hill Antechamber wall markings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/artifacts/ART0D38XP2M08X5/hill-antechamber-wall-markings)** doi: **[10.7554/eLife.89102](https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89102)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The companion claim; used only where it bears on the burial argument. ## The document 27 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 27 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p12)12] ![Page 1 of An initial report of circa 241,000- to 335,000-year-old rock engravings and their relation to Homo naledi in the Rising Star cave system, South Africa](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. 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Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 7 records [H. naledi engraved the marks.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/answers/ANS0D38XH6C2JSQ/h-naledi-engraved-the-marks) Answer ANS [Hill Antechamber wall markings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/artifacts/ART0D38XP2M08X5/hill-antechamber-wall-markings) ART [Hill Antechamber wall markings: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/copies/CPY0D38XRGR0017/hill-antechamber-wall-markings-document) CPY [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) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials) The mystery article MYS [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) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Berger, L. R., Hawks, J., Fuentes, A., Van Rooyen, D., Tsikoane, M., Mpete, M., Nkwe, S., & Molopyane, K. (2025). An initial report of circa 241,000- to 335,000-year-old rock engravings and their relation to Homo naledi in the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. eLife 12: RP89102 (version of record, 22 July 2025). https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89102 ``` [Read it free at elifesciences.org](https://elifesciences.org/articles/89102)[Download PDF · 22 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/3d37e7ed023d5ae2e14c0c2095eaee33718d41a24620cad525ede76cb07b5d45) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D38WWXY7MGG Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 26 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D38WWXY7MGG/an-initial-report-of-circa-241-000-to-335-000-year-old-rock/csl.json)