Michael Button
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We Found a Human Species That Shouldn’t Exist
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March 3, 2026
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This human species should not exist.
It had a tiny brain, it was less than 5 ft tall. But it displays behaviours that are unquestionably ‘modern’: Intelligence, symbolic actions, spiritual meaning
For a century, that behaviour defined modern humanity. But Homo naledi just broke the rules.
So what does that mean for our model of prehistory? And why should it change how we view the past?
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