# Hawks 2017: New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa

> John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid et al., 2017. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A second deep-cave accumulation, which any explanation…

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# New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa

John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid et al., 2017. _eLife 6: e24232_.

Reports a second H. naledi locality, the Lesedi Chamber, with at least three individuals including the partial skeleton LES1 ("Neo"), in a separate chamber of the same system.

**Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims** Articledoi: **[10.7554/eLife.24232](https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24232)** Checked against the original0

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A second deep-cave accumulation, which any explanation has to cover.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[LES1 ("Neo") partial skeleton, Lesedi Chamber](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/artifacts/ART0D38XNK00YWR/les1-neo-partial-skeleton-lesedi-chamber)

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

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## Cite it

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Hawks, J., Elliott, M., Schmid, P., Churchill, S. E., de Ruiter, D. J., Roberts, E. M., Hilbert-Wolf, H., & Garvin, H. M. (2017). New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa. eLife 6: e24232. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24232
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[Read it free at elifesciences.org](https://elifesciences.org/articles/24232)

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