Fossil

This skull is a part of the skeleton scientists have named Neo who was found in the Lesedi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave System in South Africa. This species of human is known as Homo Naledi. The remains found in the cave are believed by scientists to be between 236,000 and 335,000 years old. This species of humans could have coexisted at a time when Homo sapiens were starting to arrive. The skeleton found in this chamber is one of the most complete skeletons of an early human found to date. This source connects to our class with the human origins part of our class. In class we had talked about early Hominids and other kinds of human species that existed before modern humans.