Homo naledi

Translingual

Wikidata

Etymology

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

Wikispecies Homo naledi m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human.

Hypernyms

• (species): Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus

Further reading

• Homo naledi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia