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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa
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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

  • Berger, Lee R School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Hawks, John Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
  • de Ruiter, Darryl J Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
  • Churchill, Steven E Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, United States
  • Schmid, Peter Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Delezene, Lucas K Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States
  • Kivell, Tracy L Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
  • Garvin, Heather M Department of Anthropology/Archaeology and Department of Applied Forensic Sciences, Mercyhurst University, Erie, United States
  • Williams, Scott A New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, United States
  • DeSilva, Jeremy M Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States
  • Skinner, Matthew M Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
  • Musiba, Charles M Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, United States
  • Cameron, Noel School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
  • Holliday, Trenton W Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States
  • Harcourt-Smith, William Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States
  • Ackermann, Rebecca R Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
  • Bastir, Markus Paleoanthropology Group, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
  • Bogin, Barry School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
  • Bolter, Debra Department of Anthropology, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, United States
  • Brophy, Juliet Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, United States
  • Cofran, Zachary D School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Congdon, Kimberly A Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, United States
  • Deane, Andrew S Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, United States
  • Dembo, Mana Human Evolutionary Studies Program and Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
  • Drapeau, Michelle Department d'Anthropologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
  • Elliott, Marina C Human Evolutionary Studies Program and Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
  • Feuerriegel, Elen M School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Garcia-Martinez, Daniel Faculty of Sciences, Biology Department, Universidad Autònoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Green, David J Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, United States
  • Gurtov, Alia Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
  • Irish, Joel D Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Kruger, Ashley Evolutionary Studies Institute and Centre of Excellence in PalaeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Laird, Myra F New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, United States
  • Marchi, Damiano Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  • Meyer, Marc R Department of Anthropology, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, United States
  • Nalla, Shahed Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Negash, Enquye W Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington, United States
  • Orr, Caley M Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, United States
  • Radovcic, Davorka Department of Geology and Paleontology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Schroeder, Lauren Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
  • Scott, Jill E Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
  • Throckmorton, Zachary Department of Anatomy, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, United States
  • Tocheri, Matthew W Department of Anthropology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
  • VanSickle, Caroline Department of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
  • Walker, Christopher S Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, United States
  • Wei, Pianpian Department of Paleoanthropology, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, China
  • Zipfel, Bernhard Evolutionary Studies Institute and Centre of Excellence in PalaeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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  • 2015-9-10
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  • eLife. - eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. - 2015, vol. 4
English Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This species is characterized by body mass and stature similar to small-bodied human populations but a small endocranial volume similar to australopiths. Cranial morphology of H. naledi is unique, but most similar to early Homo species including Homo erectus, Homo habilis or Homo rudolfensis. While primitive, the dentition is generally small and simple in occlusal morphology. H. naledi has humanlike manipulatory adaptations of the hand and wrist. It also exhibits a humanlike foot and lower limb. These humanlike aspects are contrasted in the postcrania with a more primitive or australopith-like trunk, shoulder, pelvis and proximal femur. Representing at least 15 individuals with most skeletal elements repeated multiple times, this is the largest assemblage of a single species of hominins yet discovered in Africa.
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