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Homo naledi -- Wikipedia

• Canadian Anthropologist in a Tight Squeeze -- Radio Canada International (05 August 2016)
  
  
• How Tiny Black Spots Shed Light on Part of the Homo naledi Mystery -- Conversation (27 July 2016)
  
  
• The Possibility of Lichen Growth on Bones of Homo naledi: Were They Exposed to Light? -- South African Journal of Science (27 July 2016)
  
  
• New Dating Suggests Younger Age for Homo naledi -- Science News (05 July 2016)
  
  
• Newfound Human Species Suggests Africa Was Evolutionary Melting Pot -- LiveScience (29 June 2016)
  
  
• Back to the future: Space-age exploration for pre-historic bones -- ScienceDaily (31 May 2016)
  
  
• Pieces of Homo Naledi Story Continue to Puzzle -- Science News (19 April 2016)
  
  
• Debate Erupts over Strange New Human Species -- Scientific American (08 April 2016)
  
  
• 3D-Print Your Own Homo Naledi Skull -- Discovery News (21 February 2016)
  
  
• South Africa's Sterkfontein Caves produce two new hominin fossils -- Phys.org (11 February 2016)
  
  
• Did This Extinct Human Species Commit Homicide? -- Scientific American (01 January 2016)
  
  
• Homo Naledi May Be Two Million Years Old (Give or Take) -- Conversation (25 November 2015)
  
  
• A Fossil Find Gets Entangled with South Africa's Apartheid Past -- Scientific American (23 October 2015)
  
  
• Ancient Human Relative Could Walk on Two Feet, Use Tools and Swing in Trees -- Guardian (06 October 2015)
  
  
• Dawn of Humanity -- NOVA (10 September 2015)
  
  
• How To Print Your Own 3D Replicas Of Homo Naledi And Other Hominin Fossils -- Forbes (19 September 2015)
  
  
• The Scientist Behind Those Controversial New Hominin Fossils -- Science (18 September 2015)
  
  
• South Africa's New Human Ancestor Sparks Racial Row -- Phys.org (17 September 2015)
  
  
• Critics Question Fossil Find, But South Africa Basks in Scientific Glory -- Reuters (16 September 2015)
  
  
• Mystery Lingers Over Ritual Behavior of New Human Ancestor -- National Geographic News (15 September 2015)
  
  
• All About the Fossilized Bones of (Maybe) Homo naledi -- Phys.org (14 September 2015)
  
  
• Meet the Man Who Gives Ancient Human Ancestors Their Faces -- National Geographic News (14 September 2015)
  
  
• Did ‘Rising Star’ Shine Too Bright? -- Conversation (14 September 2015)
  
  
• New human-like species discovered in S Africa -- BBC News (10 September 2015)
  
  

• New Human Species Discovered Science (2015-09-10)
  
  
  1. New Species of Human Ancestor Is Found in a South African Cave New York Times (2015-09-10)
  2. A New Human Ancestor Arises From The Depths Of A South African Cave Forbes (2015-09-10)
  3. Homo naledi: New species of ancient human discovered, claim scientists Guardian (2015-09-10)
  4. New human-like species discovered in S Africa BBC News (2015-09-10)
  5. South African Cave Yields Strange Bones Of Early Human-Like Species NPR (2015-09-10)
  6. Homo naledi, a new species of human, discovered in a cave in South Africa Telegraph (2015-09-10)
  7. New species of human relative discovered - podcast Guardian (2015-09-10)
  8. First look: How scientists discovered our new human ancestor Homo naledi Telegraph (2015-09-10)
  9. Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa eLife (2015-09-10)
  10. Human evolution: The many mysteries of Homo naledi eLife (2015-09-10)
  11. Study: Bones in South African Cave Reveal New Human Relative New York Times (2015-09-10)
  12. New species of extinct human found in cave may rewrite history New Scientist (2015-09-10)
  13. Homo naledi: Unanswered questions about the newest human species New Scientist (2015-09-10)
  14. This Face Changes the Human Story. But How? National Geographic News (2015-09-10)
  15. New Human Species With Orange-Size Brain Performed Ritual Burials LiveScience (2015-09-10)
  16. In Photos: New Human Relative Shakes Up Our Family Tree LiveScience (2015-09-10)
  17. Fossils found in African cave are new species of human kin, say scientists Washington Post (2015-09-10)
  18. Q & A: New relative of human species discovered in South Africa Washington Post (2015-09-10)
  19. Watch paleoartists sculpt the face of our newest human relative Washington Post (2015-09-10)
  20. How Homo naledi fits into the human family tree BBC News (2015-09-10)
  21. Homo naledi: remains found of new species closely related to man – video Guardian (2015-09-10)
  22. New Tiny-Brained Human Found in South African Cave Discovery News (2015-09-10)
  23. Mysterious New Human Species Emerges from Heap of Fossils Scientific American (2015-09-10)
  24. Fossil first: ancient human relative may have buried its dead Reuters (2015-09-10)
  25. Bones in South African Cave Reveal New Human Relative ABC News (2015-09-10)
  26. Study: Bones in South African cave reveal new human relative Phys.org (2015-09-10)
  27. New species of human relative discovered in S.A. cave EurekAlert (2015-09-10)
  28. Scientists from CU Denver, CU Anschutz help discover new ancient ancestor EurekAlert (2015-09-10)
  29. Ancient ancestor of humans with tiny brain discovered ScienceDaily (2015-09-10)

   

General Information

• First True Humans -- Jim Devine
  
  
• Top 10 Mysteries of the First Humans -- LiveScience (26 October 2009)
  
  
• Top 10 Things that Make Humans Special-- LiveScience (30 October 2009)
  
  

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