Skip to main content

Sensational find

A new species of human has been discovered in South Africa. Researchers from the Max Planck Society took part in the study on Homo naledi.

15.01.2016

He is 1.50 metres tall and weighs around 45 kilos. Scientists have discovered a new human species in a cave in South Africa. Researchers from the Max Planck ­Society were part of the team conducting the study on the ­Homo naledi. The find consists of more than 1,550 individual fossils.

www.mpg.de