Early Human Ancestor's Burial & Cave Engravings Unearthed

An entrance to the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system. Light from above shines in at the cave entrance.

An entrance to the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site near Johannesburg, South Africa. Newly found grave sites and wall engravings have led a team of archeologists to reevaluate the meaning-making capacity of an early human ancestor, Homo naledi. Photo:

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