#hominid — Public Fediverse posts

Very fascinating new #findings from a #molecular point of view about the 2015 discovered new species of #hominid, #Homo #naledi, found in the #RisingStarcave in South Africa. According to anatomical characters, an #age of about 2,5 million years was estimated. Read about first #moleculardata of the specimen in the linked article.
© #StefanFWirth 2026

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Radical Anthropology
https://c.im/@RadicalAnthro/116810427514777718

#Photo:
Homo naledi, authors Lee Roger Berger team, 2015, licensed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de

Fossil Footprints Reveal Two Species Of Human Ancestors Lived Side-By-Side, A Scientific First
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https://www.earth.com/news/hominin-footprints-show-two-extinct-species-of-early-humans-lived-side-by-side/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado5275 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.10.007 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual ‘general’ subject matter to post – but who amazing and impressive to find/recognise and then decipher this!]
#fieldwork #3Dvisualisation #spatialanalysis #anthropology #tracefossils #hominid #homoerectus #paranthropusboilei #africa #fossil #footprint #human #evolution #ancestor #dating #TurkanaBasin #kenya #africa #sediment #sedimentology #water #hydrology #LakeTurkana #shoreline #geology #soil #stratigraphy #palaeontology #paleontology #model #modeling #remotesensing