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Archaic Hominin Species Buried Only Their Women
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Ancient protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils reveals differential burial practices—females received intentional interment, males apparently did not. This is the first evidence of gendered ritualism in a species predating modern humans by hundreds of thousands of years.
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