BREAKING NEWS ⚠️ In their search to understand human origins, #NatGeoExplorer in Residence and world-renowned paleoanthropologist Lee R. Berger and his team unearthed new evidence in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa suggesting Homo naledi—an extinct hominin species—buried their dead and used symbols for meaning-making, both behaviors that were thought to be exclusive to large-brained hominins. Learn more about the scientific papers on the burials, symbols, and interpretation of the fi