Meet the latest Homo (1 Viewer)

[Sinn Fein]

I present Homo Naledi

Two years after they were tipped off by cavers plumbing the depths of the limestone tunnels in the Rising Star Cave outside Johannesburg, Berger and his team have discovered what they say is a new addition to our family tree.

The team is calling this new species of human relative "Homo naledi," and they say it appears to have buried its dead -- a behavior scientists previously thought was limited to humans.

Berger's team came up with the startling theory just days after reaching the place where the fossils -- consisting of infants, children, adults and elderly individuals -- were found, in a previously isolated chamber within the cave.

The team believes that the chamber, located 30 meters underground in the Cradle of Humanity world heritage site, was a burial ground -- and that Homo naledi could have used fire to light the way.

Homo naledi is a strange mosaic of the ancient and the thoroughly modern.

Naledi's brain was no bigger than an orange, scientists say. Its hands are superficially human-like, but the finger bones are locked into a curve -- a trait that suggests climbing and tool-using capabilities.

Homo naledi was relatively big: it stood about 5 feet tall, had long legs, and its feet are almost identical to ours, suggesting it had the ability to walk long distances.

 

[Parrothead]

yeah, cool and all, but what bathroom can said homo use?

 

[Sinn Fein]

yeah, cool and all, but what bathroom can said homo use?

Apparently had to use a cave - but it is unclear if there was a penis cave and a non-penis cave.

 

[rockaction]

I saw this story today, and your headline was still a grabber. Good work.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

So he was not Homo Erectus ?

 

[jamny]

Just because they buried their dead, that makes them a human relative? Maybe they were just smart monkeys.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

Just because they buried their dead, that makes them a human relative? Maybe they were just smart monkeys.

Or maybe they got in the cave and were to stupid to get back out and died .

 

[jamny]

Just because they buried their dead, that makes them a human relative? Maybe they were just smart monkeys.

Or maybe they got in the cave and were to stupid to get back out and died .

I read in an article earlier that they think there might be hundreds or maybe thousands down there. That's a lot of dumb apes.

 

[jamny]

Very cool find though. Can't wait for the natgeo special on it.

 

[(HULK)]

WetDream is going to pissed when he opens this thread up.

 

[Scoresman]

How will the Creationist museum create space for this exhibit?

 

[Chemical X]

i am staging a walkout.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

WetDream is going to pissed when he opens this thread up.

That's not piss.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Just because they buried their dead, that makes them a human relative? Maybe they were just smart monkeys.

Even stupid monkeys are human relatives.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Just because they buried their dead, that makes them a human relative? Maybe they were just smart monkeys.

Even stupid monkeys are human relatives.

That I believe.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Just because they buried their dead, that makes them a human relative? Maybe they were just smart monkeys.

Or maybe they got in the cave and were to stupid to get back out and died .

I read in an article earlier that they think there might be hundreds or maybe thousands down there. That's a lot of dumb apes.

Obviously aliens showed them how to bury their dead.

 

[msommer]

Just because they buried their dead, that makes them a human relative? Maybe they were just smart monkeys.

Or maybe they got in the cave and were to stupid to get back out and died .

I read in an article earlier that they think there might be hundreds or maybe thousands down there. That's a lot of dumb apes.

They became extinct for a reason,,,

 

[AAABatteries]

I see meet the new homo thread started by Sinn Fein - sounds about right

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Took me a long time to see what you did there.

Btw that's a hell of a story. Exciting stuff.

 

[GOB]

:inchesPantsbackUp:

 

[Bucky86]

Trolling Eminence again I see...

 

[Hoh]

Any of you homo naledis touch my stuff...I'll kill ya.

 

[chauncey]

Another example of Homos going extinct. And some of you claim it is natural.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Any of you homo naledis touch my stuff...I'll kill ya.

Lighten up Francis

 

[jamny]

Excellent doc on Nova about this find. Two hours. I almost got nauseous when they were squeezing through that section of the cave. No way!

 

[joffer]

Excellent doc on Nova about this find. Two hours. I almost got nauseous when they were squeezing through that section of the cave. No way!

yeah, that was freakyPut out an APB for petite paleo-anthropologists....stat!