Archaic Hominin Species Buried Only Their Women

According to Nautilus, ancient proteins extracted from Homo naledi fossils reveal something striking about their burial practices: the archaic species appears to have selectively buried only females. Scientists analyzed proteins preserved in fossilized teeth to uncover this evidence. Homo naledi offers a rare window into the social and cultural behaviors of our ancient cousins, and this discovery raises intriguing questions about how such gender-specific ritual practices came to exist so far back in human history.

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