HOMO NALEDI

hen the strange skeletal remains of more than a dozen early hominins were uncovered in South Africa’s. Recent dating of the bones indicates that lived around 230,000 to 330,000 years ago, almost a million and a half years later than initial estimates. This means that the species was not only a distant cousin of modern humans, but also a neighbor living at the same time. “It’s remarkable,” says Berger. “Until , we thought modern humans were alone in Africa at this time.”