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New Human Ancestor Discovered: Homo naledi
Within a deep and narrow cave in South Africa, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team found fossil remains belonging to the newest member of our human family. The Homo naledi discovery adds another exciting chapter to the human evolution story by introducing an ancestor that was primitive but shared physical characteristics with modern humans.
Posted 9 years ago by boyt in category: interesting
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Dave (guest) - 9 years ago [ Reply ]
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Human skulls have no noses. So the "model" they show based on this skeleton is pure conjecture. Wouldn't look quite as ape like with a normal human nose would it?

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Ch1ll1ng - 9 years ago
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  The skull gives hints on the shape of the nose thou, the person developing the model are highly trained and have prepared alot of different skulls over the time they know what they are doing and the model will be most likely be correct. 
Dave (guest) - 9 years ago
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  The model was created by an artist ("paleoartist John Gurche"), not a scientist. And there's very clearly artistic direction given here to make him look like an ape. Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_28788819/study-bones-south-african-cave-reveal-new-human 
Dave (guest) - 9 years ago
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  Or the reverse could be true. This could be an ape and the artist was told to make it look human. 

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