Homo naledi

Homo naledi:
New species of human ancestor discovered in South Africa

By David McKenzie and Hamilton Wende, CNN

Updated 1223 GMT (1923 HKT) September 10, 2015 | Video Source: CNN

Rising Star Cave, South Africa (CNN)When an amateur caver and university geologist arrived at Lee Berger's house one night in late 2013 with a fragment of a fossil jawbone in hand, they broke out the beers and calledNational Geographic.

Berger, a professor at the University of the Witwatersrandin Johannesburg, South Africa, had unearthed some major finds before. But he knew he had something big on his hands.

What he didn't know at the time is that it would shake up our understanding of the progress of human evolution and even pose new questions about our identity./.../
Discovery of Homo naledi adds a new branch to the human family tree

September 11, 2015

An international research team has discovered a new species of a human relative, Homo naledi, uncovered in a cave outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. The discovery in late 2013 may shed light on the diversity of our genus and possibly its origin. The team’s findings, which are published in two papers in the open-access journal … more…