ʻO ka pili kanaka i pau Homo naledi, nona ka lolo i hoʻokahi hapakolu o ko mākou nui, kanu i ko lākou mau paia ana make a kālai ʻia ma kahi o 300,000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, e like me ka noiʻi hou e hoʻohuli nei i nā manaʻo lōʻihi e hiki i nā kānaka hou a me ko mākou mau hoahānau Neanderthal ke hana i kēia mau hana paʻakikī.
Eia naʻe, ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe loea ʻaʻole lawa ka hōʻike e hoʻopau ai Homo naledi kanu ʻia a hoʻomanaʻo paha i ko lākou poʻe make.
Ua ʻike mua nā kānaka kālaihonua i ke koena o Homo naledi ma ka ʻōnaehana Rising Star Cave o ʻApelika Hema i ka makahiki 2013. Mai ia manawa, ua ʻike ʻia ma luna o 1,500 mau ʻāpana iwi mai nā kānaka he nui i loko o ka ʻōnaehana 2.5 mile-lōʻihi (4 mau kilomita).
ʻO ke anatomy o Homo naledi ʻike ʻia ma muli o ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana o ko lākou mau kino; He mau mea bipedal lākou e kū ana ma kahi o 5 kapuaʻi (1.5 mika) ke kiʻekiʻe a he 100 paona (45 kilokani) ko lākou kaumaha, a he mau lima akamai a me nā lolo liʻiliʻi akā paʻakikī, nā ʻano i alakaʻi i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka paʻakikī o kā lākou ʻano. Ma kahi noiʻi 2017 i paʻi ʻia ma ka puke pai eLife, ua manaʻo ka hui Rising Star i kēlā Homo naledi ua kanu pono i ko lakou poe make ma ke ana.
ʻO kēia makahiki i loko o kahi kūkā nūhou ma Iune 1, paleoanthropologist ʻO Lee Berger, ke alakaʻi o ka papahana Rising Star, a me kona mau hoa kākoʻo e koi ana me ʻekolu mau noiʻi hou, i paʻi ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi (Iune 5) ma ka preprint server bioRxiv, e hōʻike pū ana i nā hōʻike nui loa a hiki i kēia manawa. Homo naledi kanu i ko lakou poe make a ua hana ʻo ia i nā kaha kiʻi koʻikoʻi ma ka pōhaku ma luna o nā ilina. ʻAʻole i nānā ʻia nā ʻike.
Hōʻike ka noiʻi hou i ʻelua mau lua pāpaʻu, ʻano ʻano oval ma ka papahele o kekahi keʻena ana i loko o ka iwi iwi e kū like me ke kanu ʻana o nā kino ʻiʻo i uhi ʻia i ka lepo a popopo. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kanu i hoʻokomo pū ʻia me kahi mōhai kupapaʻu: ʻike ʻia kahi mea kiʻi pōhaku hoʻokahi i pili kokoke i ka lima a me nā iwi pulima.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Berger i loko o ka hālāwai kūkā "ua manaʻo mākou ua hālāwai lākou i ka hoʻāʻo litmus o nā kanu kanu kanaka a i ʻole nā kupapaʻu kanaka kahiko." Inā ʻae ʻia, e hoʻihoʻi ka wehewehe ʻana a nā mea noiʻi i ka hōʻike mua loa o ke kanu kumu ʻia e 100,000 mau makahiki, kahi moʻolelo i paʻa mua ʻia e. homo sapiens.
Ka loaʻa ʻana o kahakaha ʻia ma nā paia pōhaku ʻo ka ʻōnaehana Rising Star Cave e hōʻailona ana i kēlā Homo naledi he ʻano paʻakikī, ʻōlelo ka poʻe noiʻi i kahi preprint hou. ʻIke ʻia ua hana ʻia kēia mau laina, nā ʻano, a me nā kiʻi like me "hashtag" ma nā papa i hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ʻia i hana ʻia e Homo naledi, nāna i hoʻoneʻe i ka pōhaku ma mua o ke kahakaha ʻana me ka mea hana pōhaku. Hōʻike ka hohonu o ka laina, ka haku ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ua hana pono ʻia lākou ma mua o ka hana maoli ʻana.
"Aia nā kanu kanu o kēia ʻano ma lalo pono o kēia mau kaha kiʻi," wahi a Berger, e hōʻike ana he a Homo naledi wahi moʻomeheu. "Ua hoʻololi ikaika lākou i kēia wahi ma waena o nā kilomika o nā ʻōnaehana ana lalo."
Ma kekahi preprint, ʻo Agustín Fuentes, he kanaka anthropologist ma ke Kulanui ʻo Princeton, a me nā hoa hana e ʻimi. no ke aha mai Homo naledi hoʻohana i ka ʻōnaehana ana. "ʻO ka waiho ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kekahi mau kino i ka ʻōnaehana Rising Star" a me nā kaha kiʻi he mea hōʻike i loaʻa i kēia poʻe nā manaʻo like ʻole a i ʻole nā manaʻo e pili ana i ka make a ua hoʻomanaʻo paha i ka poʻe make, "kahi mea e kapa ʻia ʻo ke kaumaha kaumaha. ' i nā kānaka o kēia wā," i kākau ai lākou. ʻO nā mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole maopopo loa i nā wehewehe hou.
"Ua hana paha nā kānaka i nā hōʻailona ma nā pōhaku. ʻAʻole lawa kēlā e hāʻawi i kēia kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka noʻonoʻo abstract," wahi a Athreya. He mau nīnau no ka pehea Homo naledi komo i loko o ka ʻōnaehana Rising Star Cave; ʻO ka manaʻo he paʻakikī ke kumu o ka wehewehe ʻana o ka poʻe noiʻi i ke ʻano kūpono.
