First partial skull of a Homo naledi child found in South Africa

The skull of a small child belonging to a different human species has been found deep in a cave system in South Africa. They have been named “Leti”. Leti’s skull was found in a narrow fissure that is almost impossible to access. For that reason, the discoverers argue that the skull was placed there deliberately, as a form of funerary practice. They say it is evidence that hominins have been performing funerary rights for hundreds of thousands of years – even hominins with brains much smaller than ours.