Homo naledi, an extinct relative of modern humans whose brain was one-third the size of ours, buried their dead and engraved ...

These specimens are part of a new species now referred to as Homo Naledi. Human-like in some aspects, but very primitive in others, scientists are left a bit puzzled as to where exactly Homo ...

This new species is proposed to include the enigmatic Denisovans—ancestors known primarily from DNA rather than fossil ... new Late Quaternary species, Homo naledi, has been proposed in recent ...

Homo naledi, described in the journal eLife in 2015 ... Today, with advanced technology like ancient DNA sequencing, hominin ...

A reconstruction of Homo naledi’s head by paleoartist John Gurche. Photo by Mark Thiessen/National Geographic.