question 2 Digital Literacy and information fluency

Ask:
Who was Homo Naledi?
What is significant about the discovery?
Acquire:
Information was acquired at the following website:
Analyse:
A team of archaeologists led by Professor Lee Berger undertook the Rising Star Expedition and they had made history by discovering and salvaging fossils of at least 15 individuals from the Dinaledi Chamber. This was an evolutionary discovery since a new species of hominines called Homo Naledi was found in the dark , remote chamber.
Homo Naledi have distinct physical features that are astonishingly similar to that of a human being such as:

1. Curved fingers
2. Small skulls
3. Slender bodies
4. Ape-like shoulders

The fascinating facts include:

1. None of the fossils bear any marks that could suggest that the individuals were killed or that their bodies were scavenged.
2. There was no evidence that indicated that the bodies were carried into the chamber by anything other than their fellow hominines.
3. Archaeological evidence also suggests that they didn’t all attend the chamber at the same time.
4. And out of more than 1,550 fossil elements unearthed in the chamber, only a handful belong to animals (such as mice and birds) other than hominines.

Apply:
According to the findings highlighted in the analysis Homo Naledi could be a our common ancestor therefore this suggests that it could have had human characteristics both physical and mental as well as similar behavioural traits
The Dinaledi chamber could have been used as a burial ground where the newfound species could have performed burial rituals since none of the fossils had marks nor did they attend the chamber at the same time.
Assess:
Research was conducted thoroughly and the information was extracted from a good source.
Bibliography:
EWN Online (2016). Who was Homo Naledi? Accessed 09 April 2016: