Question 2.1

Question 2

Homo Naledi discovered by Wits University professor Lee Berger in 2015 is said to be a relative of the human species and the remains were discovered by 2 cavers that happened to come upon them while hiking. It was initially found at the South Africa's Gauteng province, in the Rising Star Cave system, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. Later on paleontologist Lee Bergers uncovered what were the remains of an entire village. The remains were analyzed and they concluded that the remains had many traits and characteristics with the human bone and that it was a descendant from the human ancestry.

The accurate age for the bones could not be deduced but it was in the period of the recent 50000 years which survived for a long time due to the age of the bones and the bones surrounding the village. The bones of 15 members of the village were discovered.

The characteristics of H. Naledi were the brain was small but the skull was larger than what was needed for the brain size, the long legs and humanlike feet were used specifically for climbing. Homo Naledi has features from early hominins and has features from later hominins but it is yet to be determined which it one it is closer to.

In the Cave that Homo Naledi was discovered there were a total of 1550 fossil bones found which accounted for 15 members. With the discovery of Homo Naledi it has added insight into the evolution of the human species. With this discovery it has shown that evolution is more like a branch stemming from a tree rather than a ladder that goes in one direction. This shows that evolution stems from more than one place and that there where many different origins of where us as a species develop from. Homo Naledi was thought to do ritualized behavior unique to humans in our modern day society. This is a continuous process that the Homo Sapien develop into another specie in the future.