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How Homo naledi got into the Dinaledi Chamber

New research from Dirk van Rooyen gives the most detailed look ever at the entry path into the deepest parts of the Rising Star cave system.

A helmeted caving team member down in a narrow fissure with rope, gloved hand, and foot visible
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Research highlight: Burials by Homo naledi

After two years of intense reviews and revision, the work on burial evidence from this ancient hominin finds acceptance.

Map showing excavation units within Dinaledi and Hill Antechamber.
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New evidence is revealing the ages of death, birth, and menarche in Neandertals

Analysis of dental cementum is yielding new insights into the ages when ancient people faced significant physiological stresses.

A Neandertal woman with two children clinging to her, an older woman tends a fire and a child looks on from the background