240,000-year-old ‘Child of Darkness’ human ancestor discovered in narrow cave passageway

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By Stephanie Pappas

November 5, 2021

Deep within South Africa’s Rising Star cave system, in a dark passageway barely 6 inches (15 centimeters) wide, scientists have discovered the fragmented skull of a Homo naledi child they’re calling “Leti.” How the little skull ended up in such a remote part of the cave is a mystery, though the discoverers suspect it could be evidence of an intentional burial.

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