A team of researchers have found new evidence suggesting that an extinct hominin species buried their dead and made symbols as part of meaning-making behaviors, actions which were until now thought to be exclusive to larger-brained hominins like Homo sapiens.
The hominin is a member of the zoological tribe hominini. Only a single species of hominins survive today—Home sapiens or human beings.
While exploring the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, National Geographic Explorer in Residence and paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team discovered the bodies of adults and children of the Homo naledi species inside the chambers of the cave system….