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Studies earlier this twelvemonth claimed that the extinct hominin Homo naledi buried its dormant and produced stone art, but different researchers accidental the grounds is “non-existent”
Homo naledi coexisted with Homo sapiens, but had a smaller brain Xinhua/Shutterstock
The much-publicised assertion that a taxon of small-brained past quality buried its dormant and produced stone creation is wholly unfounded, according to a radical of researchers.
“The grounds for burial and stone creation is non-existent,” says Michael Petraglia astatine Griffith University successful Nathan, Australia.
However, the researchers down the archetypal assertion accidental they are hard astatine enactment gathering much grounds to physique their case. They besides contend that their studies are caught up successful a wider statement implicit however scientific…
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