Now we have this discovery of at least 15 individuals. 1,500 individual bone fragments. They’re everywhere. It’s amazing. Unknown: Cave of Bones, Netflix 2023
They aren’t human. They aren’t us. ibid.
Why is it of just one species? ibid.
In 2013, in the Rise Star Cave system in South Africa, we discovered a new species. And the species is primitive in every way. It’s got a very small brain, just a little bit larger than a chimpanzee. ibid.
These were graves in the caves. ibid.
The naledi burials are between 236-335,000 years old. ibid.
Burial: It’s been done by a non-human species [Homo naledi]. That’s the big deal. ibid.
They had to have fire. ibid.
They had to crawl dragging the body with them. ibid.
And there’s carvings on the wall. ibid.