Introducing Homo naledi
By Sandra J. Ackerman, The Editors
At the recent meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution in London, senior editor Sandra Ackerman documented the announcement of the fossil discovery of a new human species. Here's her summary.
September 24, 2015
From The Staff Biology Evolution
Introducing Homo naledi
At the recent meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution in London, senior editor Sandra Ackerman documented the announcement of the fossil discovery of a new human species. Here's her summary.
Registration? Check. Plane ticket? Check. Passport? Locatable, I think.
A great open court, the visitor's first sight upon entering the museum, takes one's breath away. But right away we're due downstairs, in Meetingland...
London: ESHE meeting, European Society for the Study of Human Evolution in beautiful setting, the British Museum: pic.twitter.com/YUSOI49RRS...where the setting is more familiar.
Our senior editor, Sandra Ackerman, is live-tweeting fr the European Society for the study of Human Evolution conf. https://twitter.com/sj_ackerman/status/641902654629801984 …The audience is prepared to hear many specific reports.
What we hear, in fact, is huge! A major announcement for humankind.
NOt every day we get to write about a New human species discovered http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2015/09/new-human-species-discovered …
Mysterious New Human Species Emerges from Heap of Fossils http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-new-human-species-emerges-from-heap-of-fossils/ …Amazing images come streaming in from three continents.
More about newly named human species, Homo naledi: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34192447 … @AmSciMag #Homonaledi
Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa http://shar.es/1vRv1p pic.twitter.com/QRlzcQi0up
12:01 am here in South Africa. I think it's time for #FossilFriday! Here's a proximal femur of #Homonaledi: pic.twitter.com/eAz9oDZnZIWith full information come some early assessments:
Here's the #Homonaledi paper, great information and great pictures and totally free! http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09560 … #openaccess- 3D scans of Homo naledi are available on MorphoSource. You can print your own copies. Very cool! https://twitter.com/DrKillgrove/status/642039352642568192 …
Frans de Waal on the newly discovered Homo naledi: "We are trying way too hard to deny that we are modified apes." http://j.mp/1Lfojmx
Regarding the context of these #homonaledi finds, worth reading this from Aaron Stutz http://bioculturalevolution.net/2015/09/14/homo-naledi-handling-a-scientific-rorschach-test/ … #dawnofhumanity
.@edyong209 explains why we don't know the age of the #naledifossils of #RisingStar cave: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/09/why-dont-we-know-the-age-of-the-new-human-ancestor-homo-naledi/405148/ … @novapbs #DawnOfHumanity
Part of assemblage found today: new site, ironically in one of the first caves we saw driving in #LiveFromTheDig pic.twitter.com/kFYFyW4QeM- Helpful context-at-a-glance, by @anderhowl of @NatGeoSociety--w/ beautiful sketches too. https://twitter.com/natgeo/status/645402039867035648 …
How we kept the context of finds in the #dinaledi chamber while recovering #homonaledi and the #naledifossils https://www.facebook.com/profleeberger/posts/10153332938483323 …...but every detail of this story will continue to fascinate us for a long time.
BEHOLD! The toe of #HomoNaledi! pic.twitter.com/CROpXEAgHd
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