Humanlike Skulls (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Humanlike Skulls

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The skulls of Homo naledi bear traces on their inside surfaces of the shape of naledi's brain. Only a third the size of human brains, they nonetheless had some surprisingly humanlike features.

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Credit: John Hawks

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