Homo naledi lived sometime between 335 and 236 thousand years ago. A second chamber in the Rising Star cave system, which contained additional specimens includes a child and the partial skeleton of an adult male with a well-preserved skull that has been named “Neo” – a Sesotho word meaning “a gift”.
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The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa. Dirks PH, …, Berger LR. Elife. 2017 May 9;6. pii: e24231. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24231.
New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa. Hawks J, …, Berger LR. Elife. 2017 May 9;6. pii: e24232. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24232.