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    Question

    In 2015, ____________________, a new species of the

    genus Homo was discovered in the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
    A Homo naledi Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Homo erectus Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Homo habilis Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Homo rudolfensis Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Homo naledi is an extinct species of hominin, which anthropologists first described in 2015 and have assigned to the genus Homo. In 2013, fossil skeletons were found in South Africa's Gauteng province, in the Rising Star Cave system, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.

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