Homo Naledi

Through a paleoanthropological scope, the development of modern humans resulted from a process known as hominization. Modern human beings possess a wide range of extraordinary intricate abilities that reflects the complexity of such process. To decipher the specifics of this ancient past, scientist heavily rely on the fossil record. However, the morphological epistemology has become more and more questionable as new archeological findings arise complicating the picture of human evolution, but this is not the case when it comes to the picture painted by Chris Stringer in his book, Lone Survivors: How we Came to Be the Only Humans Alive. Homo. naledi, a recent addition to the Homo genus supports Stringer’s Out of Africa Theory by aligning with the three aspects of the theory: the origin, coexistence and competition of humans in Africa. …show more content…
look closely at a new hominin discovery in South Africa. On October 2013 Homo. naledi fossils were found in the treasure trove of the Dinaledi Chamber best known as the Rising Star Cave. The discovery awoke curiosity among many scientists due to its peculiarity. With distinctive features as well as some human-like, and others Australopiths-like features, Homo. naledi till this day remains the largest recovery of hominin specimens in South Africa recorded in the fossil record. Its exact relationship to modern humans remains unknown. Nevertheless, to piece together the evolutionary history archeologists are extremely dedicated to finding the dates that correspond to the assemblage of fossils. Various speculations regarding the role that Homo. naledi played in human evolution have been formulated, but none with the exception of the classification of Homo. naledi as part of the Homo genus have been set in