Homo what-now?

I was going to write about Pluto, but then I got my National Geographic, and the cover story was Homo naledi, so I decided to write about Homo naledi instead.

 Homo naledi was discovered earlier this year, in Rising Star cave, which is near Johannesburg, South Africa. Two recreational cavers entered  Rising Star cave on September 13, 2013. They were just hoping to find a less trodden passage, and they discovered a new cave. In that cave they found the bones of Homo naledi.

They do not know the exact age of Homo naledi, but they estimate around two or two and a half million years.     

The hand of Homo naledi compared to a human hand

Homo naledi males at their full height are five feet tall and females are even shorter.


This an exciting discovery because it changes the way we think about our evolutionary family tree.






Wikipedia: Homo naledi

This face changes the human story. But how?



See you next week!

A possible  hominin timeline.

Welcome Back, Science Fans!

So, I haven't  written my blog in a while, because I've been busy doing some things.For example, I went to New York City, went to a concert, went camping, and I also went to the beach and went berry picking a few times.

   

But that doesn't mean that I don't have anything to tell you, because I do! 

                                                  Summer Science:

 Here are two (well, really three) stories I've been following:

New Human Species

Pluto Fly-by

Ospreys


I added the Osprey because near our house there is a place where the ospreys nest.

This is an osprey.

See you next week with a story about the Pluto flyby!