# Dirks 2017: The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

> Paul HGM Dirks, Eric M Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf et al., 2017. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The age bracket; the dating tables in its…

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# The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

Paul HGM Dirks, Eric M Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf et al., 2017. _eLife 6: e24231_.

Dates the Dinaledi fossils to between about 236,000 and 335,000 years ago by combining U-Th dating of flowstones, palaeomagnetism and coupled U-series and electron spin resonance dating of three H. naledi teeth.

**Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims** Articledoi: **[10.7554/eLife.24231](https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24231)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The age bracket; the dating tables in its supplements are a dataset.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Rising Star U-Th, palaeomagnetic and US-ESR dating results (Dirks et al. 2017 supplements)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D38XKMG3DHA/rising-star-u-th-palaeomagnetic-and-us-esr-dating-results)

Dataset

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[Homo naledi remains are laid down in the Dinaledi Chamber](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/events/EVT0D38X4ZR6TAB/homo-naledi-remains-are-laid-down-in-the-dinaledi-chamber)

EVT

[The age of the fossils is published, with the Lesedi Chamber remains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/events/EVT0D38X5FC7SQJ/the-age-of-the-fossils-is-published-with-the-lesedi-chamber)

EVT

[Paul H. G. M. Dirks](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/people/FIG0D38X3GW16K9/paul-h-g-m-dirks)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Dirks, P. H., Roberts, E. M., Hilbert-Wolf, H., Kramers, J. D., Hawks, J., Dosseto, A., Duval, M., & Elliott, M. (2017). The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa. eLife 6: e24231. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24231
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[Read it free at elifesciences.org](https://elifesciences.org/articles/24231)

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**SRC** 0D38WXX63155

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Journal article

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CC-BY-4.0

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27 Oct 2026

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