To unearth the secrets of an ancient human relative, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger had to squeeze through a chute seven and a half inches wide—the length of a pencil
Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.burials had grown stronger. We hadfossils from many different areas in Rising Star, including the Puzzle Box, Dinaledi itself, and another chamber more than 328 feet away. Scans of one rocky block that we had carried out of the cave system revealed a child’s body, almost certainly ofcurled up in a space smaller than a laundry basket, with the remains of two or three others thrown into the same hole or right next to it.
Now Dinaledi had yielded its biggest surprise yet, and seeing it at a distance would not be enough. If that meant I had to risk life and limb to get down and interpret it up close, so be it. Berger grins in July 2022 as he ascends for the first time from the Dinaledi chamber within Rising Star. To pass through the cave system’s notorious “Chute”—seven and a half inches at its narrowest point—he lost 55 pounds.There’s always a moment of doubt
I could hear Dirk van Rooyen, the lead for today’s descent, moving below me in the darkness. “How’s it going?” he shouted. “So far, so good!” I yelled. I was about to make a major commitment: If I continued to lower myself, I would have no choice but to shove the widest part of my body through the slot. I grimaced. This route would be my exit too.
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