Great documentary


The evidence is very compelling, that homo naledi, who lived 250-300,000 years ago and had a much smaller brain than modern humans, engaged in what we would consider human-level practices, burying their dead, using fire, making tools, and writing.

Not everyone is convinced (see article below), but there really isn't a better explanation for how all those skeletons ended up in such an inaccessible place, while still almost completely intact, unless another member or members of their band took them there on purpose. And they couldn't have done that in the dark.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-small-brained-human-species-may-have-buried-its-dead-controlled-fire-and-made-art/

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I just saw it. It's an amazing documentary. It started out like any other, but so many discoveries. The dead child was really sad. They felt sadness and/or loss. You usually bury someone with one of their possessions. I know I did.

The nah sayers can toot their horns all they want. It's impossible for dead bodies to roll that far and bury themselves. As he said, you gotta be there in person. A very distant cousin, but Naledi was a Trailblazer.

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