Answer to Question #242246 in Evolution for Cindy

Question

Is the species, Homo naledi more related to human beings as compared to other homo species? Expand.

Answer 1

Homo naledi highlights, once again, that we can't think of human evolution in terms of ape-like ancestors gradually evolving more modern features in a linear fashion. Instead, multiple human species evolved in parallel and coexisted, sometimes side-by-side.

Many mysteries surround Homo naledi, including how the remains got into the caves, what its tools were like, and how it survived alongside bigger-brained species.