Name: Homo Naledi
Uploaded: 2017-01-01
Duration: 10 min 40 s
Description: Discovered in 2013, new and puzzling finding of small-skulled fossils of Homo naledi have scientists trying to understand whether Homo sapiens lived at the same time as Homo naledi, and how Homo naledi communities may have lived.

Discovered in 2013, new and puzzling finding of small-skulled fossils of Homo naledi have scientists trying to understand whether Homo sapiens lived at the same time as Homo naledi, and how Homo naledi communities may have lived.

This episode explores the 2013 discovery of Homo naledi, a small-skulled hominin found in South Africa’s Rising Star Cave system. Follow the evidence as scientists date the fossils, question whether Homo sapiens and Homo naledi overlapped, and consider how these ancient communities may have lived. It is a fascinating way to see human evolution become more complex with every clue.

Inside a South African cave, fossils rewrite the story of human origins.

Homo Naledi

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