Fossils In African Cave Analysis

The title of this article is "fossils in african cave reveal extinct, previously unknown human ancestor". This article was published on September 16, 2015 by Newsela and Washington Post. I know that many scientists want to know more about human remains and usually send people on dangerous and risky trips to find fossils in a cave or un-searched land. What I want to know is will this discovery that these two men make history. Two amateur cavers found human fossils in a well-searched African cave. This was found in September 2013, which means the fossils could be two million-three million years old. The cavers "crawled on their stomachs through a opening less than 10 inches high. Then, they had to ascend a jagged wall, cross a narrow ledge, dubbed the "Dragon's Back", then found the 30-foot chamber." I think the location of the fossil discovery is the most important because, if one fossil was found, who knows how many fossils there could be. These fossils could …show more content…
Their hypothesis about human life, human remains or fossils in general, could easily be proven wrong by this discovery and hopefully many more discoveries of different species. There is no dectected biasm in this article towards the author's P.O.V. They show facts and the whole process done by paleoanthropologist Lee R. Bergur. The fossils are a new "human species." Lee Berger had asked the men to keep their eyes open for fossils in the cave. What was found in the cave was fossil fragments of a relative of the human species, and a "cache of bones and teeth buried in ancient clay that would eventually number more than 1,500 — the largest hominin fossil discovery of its kind in Africa." "The pieces belonged to at least 15 individuals of the same species — men, women, children and infants — and all of them appeared to have been deliberately placed there after death." Homo naledi is an unusual combination of the primitive and the modern, scientists