Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

R. Berger, Lee; Hawks, John; J. de Ruiter, Darryl; E. Churchill, Steven; Schmid, Peter; K. Delezene, Lucas; L. Kivell, Tracy; M. Garvin, Heather; A. Williams, Scott; M. DeSilva, Jeremy; M. Skinner, Matthew; M. Musiba, Charles; Cameron, Noël; W. Holliday, Trenton; E. H. Harcourt‐Smith, William; Ackermann, R.; Bastir, Markus; Bogin, Barry; R. Bolter, Debra; K. Brophy, Juliet; Cofran, Zachary; A. Congdon, Kimberly; S. Deane, Andrew; Dembo, Mana; S.M. Drapeau, Michelle; Elliott, Marina; Feuerriegel, Elen; García‐Martínez, Daniel; J. Green, David; Gurtov, Alia; D. Irish, Joel; Krüger, Ashley; F. Laird, Myra; Marchi, Damiano; R. Meyer, Marc; Nalla, Shahed; W. Negash, Enquye; M. Orr, Caley; Radovčić, Davorka; Schroeder, Lauren; E. Scott, Jill; Throckmorton, Zachary; W. Tocheri, Matthew; VanSickle, Caroline; S. Walker, Christopher; Wei, Pianpian; Zipfel, Bernhard

doi:10.7554/elife.09560

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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

Published in eLife • Sep 4, 2015

Authors:

Lee R. Berger

John Hawks

Darryl J. de Ruiter

Abstract

Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This species is characterized by body mass and stature similar to small-bodied human populations but a small endocranial volume sim...

Subject

Dentition

Hominidae

Homo erectus

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