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The remains of 15 partial skeletons belonging to the species Homo naledi were described in 2015.
They were found deep in a cave system in South Africa by a team led by Lee Berger from Wits University.
In an interview, he now says the remains are probably just 200,000 to 300,000 years old.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39710315
Warpy
(111,367 posts)capable hunters who could move swiftly while carrying tools like sticks, rocks, and possibly spears. Their prey included other contemporary hominins and quite possibly each other from time to time. They had no couth but they were built to survive and thrive.
I'm not a bit surprised they werre around longer than earlier thought, especially now that h.Florensis is thought to be closely related to them and not us.
oldcynic
(385 posts)Have they checked modern pygmy DNA against Floresiensis?
That seems to have made all the difference in who survived to the present. Yes, Neanderthals were smart. We didn't slaughter them, we absorbed them.
oldcynic
(385 posts)Sapiens can throw rocks further and kill more living things. The result is we face nuclear annihilation by two males still measuring their dicks against each other.