Q.2.1 Homo Naledi is an extinct species
discovered by “cavers Rick Hunter and
Steven Tucker in 2013 and Homo Naledi was formally described in
September 2015 by a team of 47 led by American and South African
paleoanthropologist Lee Berger from
the University of Witwatersrand” (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 2015).
“On
September 13, 2013 while in the Rising Star cave system, whilst looking for an
extension, cavers Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker of the Speleological
Exploration Club of South Africa found a narrow chimney or chute which measured
12m” (Wikimedia, Foundation, Inc.,2015). This chute led to a room approximately
30m underground, in which the surface was shattered with fossil bones. Upon
entering the cave, the cavers Rick Hunter
and Steven Tucker knew a fellow scientist
from Johannesburg who was also searching for fossils.
The National
Geographic society and the University of Witwatersrand collaborated and funded
an expedition called the Rising Star expedition that lasted for 21 days in the
month of November. In March 2014 a second expedition was launched by the same
team that lasted around 4 weeks in the Dinaledi chamber.
The Homo
Naledi and the Homo sapiens species are very similar in resemblance, however
the Homo Naledi is an older species, they are smaller in size, the male
reaching approximately 5 feet in length and the female smaller. Other Features
of the Homo Naledi is that they have curved fingers and a small skull.
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