# Wiersma 2020: Formation of mud clast breccias and the process of sedimentary autobrecciation in the hominin-bearing (Homo naledi) Rising Star Cave system, South Africa

> Jelle P. Wiersma, Eric M. Roberts, Paul H. G. M. Dirks, 2020. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The natural process that can mix and rework the…

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# Formation of mud clast breccias and the process of sedimentary autobrecciation in the hominin-bearing (Homo naledi) Rising Star Cave system, South Africa

Jelle P. Wiersma, Eric M. Roberts, Paul H. G. M. Dirks, 2020. _Sedimentology 67(2): 897-919_.

Sedimentological and micromorphological study showing that the fossil-bearing Unit 3 breccia formed in place by repeated wetting, drying and mineral growth breaking up older laminated mud (autobrecciation), not by water transport.

**Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims** Articledoi: **[10.1111/sed.12666](https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12666)** Checked against the original0

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The natural process that can mix and rework the sediment the burial claim reads as infill.

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[The fossil-bearing sediment forms by autobrecciation and is reworked in place, so hollows and chemical…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/evidence/EVD0D38XCHY3JKJ/the-fossil-bearing-sediment-forms-by-autobrecciation-and-is)

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Wiersma, J. P., Roberts, E. M., & Dirks, P. H. G. M. (2020). Formation of mud clast breccias and the process of sedimentary autobrecciation in the hominin-bearing (Homo naledi) Rising Star Cave system, South Africa. Sedimentology 67(2): 897-919. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12666
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