Homo naledi
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Homo (“man”) + Sotho naledi (“star”). From being discovered in the Rising Star Cave of South Africa, which is located in a region where the indigenous people speak seSotho.
Proper noun edit
Hypernyms edit
- (species): Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus
Further reading edit
- Homo naledi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia