Six women recover remains of a new human ancestor

[gingerhobbit]

Thought this was interesting...cavers found fossils of a previously unknown human ancestor in South Africa. The theory is that they buried their dead, which was thought to be only a human characteristic. Recovering the remains was dangerous because they were in a cave system deep underground, and some of the openings were almost impassable. So six women stepped up to do the job.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/africa/homo-naledi-human-relative-species/index.html

 

[Jana_Davis]

Thanks for the share

 

[Gen]

The picture showing the caves and how narrow they were gave me chills! I can't imagine crawling through something like that. Such a cool discovery though, thanks for sharing! I'm taking a course on evolution this semester so it was is very relevant to my studies