Meaning-making behavior in a small-brained hominin, Homo naledi, from the late Pleistocene: contexts and evolutionary implications

Explorations in the Dinaledi Subsystem of the Rising Star cave system have yielded some of the earliest evidence of a mortuary practice in hominins. Because the evidence is attributable to the small-brained Homo naledi, these analyses call into question several assumptions about behavioral and cogni...

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Published in:	eLife
Main Authors:	Agustín Fuentes, Marc Kissel, Penny Spikins, Keneiloe Molopyane, John Hawks, Lee R Berger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2025-09-01
Subjects:	Homo naledi human evolution encephalization/cognition mortuary behavior meaning-making Pleistocene
Online Access:	https://elifesciences.org/articles/89125