A
new human-like species have been discovered by scientists in a burial chamber
deep in a cave system in South Africa.
The
discovery of 15 partial skeletons is the largest single discovery of its type
in Africa that researchers claim will change ideas about our human ancestors.
The
studies which have been published in the journal Elife also indicate that these
individuals were capable of ritual behaviour.
The
species, which has been namednaledi, has been classified in the grouping, or
genus,Homo, to which modern humans belong.
The researchers who made the find have not
been able to find out how long ago these creatures lived – but the scientist
who led the team, Prof Lee Berger, told BBC News that he believed they could be
among the first of our kind (genus Homo) and could have lived in Africa up to
three million years ago- BBC
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