Such behavior has not been attributed to H. naledi before, largely because of its small brain.
before, largely because of its small brain. But it’s now clear that a brain roughly one-third the size of human brains today still enabledLast August, Berger climbed down a narrow shaft and examined two underground chambers wherefossils had been found. He noticed stalactites and thin rock sheets that had partly grown over older ceiling surfaces. Those surfaces displayed blackened, burned areas and were also dotted by what appeared to be soot particles, Berger said.
Meanwhile, expedition codirector and Wits paleoanthropologist Keneiloe Molopyane led excavations of a nearby cave chamber. There, the researchers uncovered two small fireplaces containing charred bits of wood, and burned bones of antelopes and other animals.
“That’s an absolutely critical first step before it will be possible to speculate about who may have made fires for what reason,” Barr says.
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