Homo naledi Berger et al. 2015 (human)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Full reference: L.R. Berger, J. Hawks, D.J. Ruiter, S.E. Churchill, P. Schmid, L.K. Delezene, T.L. Kivell, H.M. Garvin, S.A. Williams, J.M. DeSilva, and M.M. Skinner. 2015. Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. Elife 4:e09560

Belongs to Homo according to L.R. Berger et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Bimanes, Homo antecessor, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo helmei, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo njarasensis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, Kenyanthropus platyops

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Homo naledi in the database

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