# Val 2016: Deliberate body disposal by hominins in the Dinaledi Chamber, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa?

> Aurore Val, 2016. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first published challenge to the deliberate-disposal reading.

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# Deliberate body disposal by hominins in the Dinaledi Chamber, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa?

Aurore Val, 2016. _Journal of Human Evolution 96: 145-148_.

Argues that the 2015 taphonomic data do not exclude natural accumulation, including bodies decomposing elsewhere and remains moving into the chamber with sediment, and that deliberate disposal was not demonstrated.

**Homo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.02.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.02.004)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first published challenge to the deliberate-disposal reading.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Bodies or bones reached the chambers through openings now closed, by falls, sediment movement or remains…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/answers/ANS0D38XABM51A8/bodies-or-bones-reached-the-chambers-through-openings-now)

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[Bodies were placed or left on the floor or in natural hollows and became covered as the sediment moved and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-naledi-burials/answers/ANS0D38XD1J01GF/bodies-were-placed-or-left-on-the-floor-or-in-natural)

Answer

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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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Val, A. (2016). Deliberate body disposal by hominins in the Dinaledi Chamber, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa?. Journal of Human Evolution 96: 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.02.004
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.02.004)

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