What is Homo naledi?
{{Speciesbox | fossil_range = [[Middle Pleistocene]] {{fossil range|0.335|0.236}} | image = Homo naledi skeletal specimens.jpg | image_caption = The 737 known elements of ''H. naledi'' | extinct = yes | taxon = Homo naledi | authority = [[Lee R. Berger|Berger]] ''et al''., 2015 | range_map = Location of Rising Star Cave.png | range_map_caption = Location of [[Rising Star Cave]] in the [[Cradle of Humankind]], South Africa }} '''''Homo naledi''''' is a species of [[Archaic humans|archaic human]] found in the [[Rising Star Cave]], [[Cradle of Humankind]], South Africa. The species possibly lived in the [[Middle Pleistocene]] 335,000–236,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dirks|first1=Paul HGM|last2=Roberts|first2=Eric M|last3=Hilbert-Wolf|first3=Hannah|last4=Kramers|first4=Jan D|last5=Hawks|first5=John|last6=Dosseto|first6=Anthony|last7=Duval|first7=Mathieu|last8=Elliott|first8=Marina|last9=Evans|first9=Mary|title=The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa|journal=eLife|year=2017|volume=6|doi=10.7554/eLife.24231|doi-access=free |issn=2050-084X|pmc=5423772|pmid=28483040}}</ref> The initial discovery comprises 1,569 specimens, representing 737 different elements, and at least 69 different people.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Berger|first1=Lee R|last2=Hawks|first2=John|last3=de Ruiter|first3=Darryl J|last4=Churchill|first4=Steven E|last5=Schmid|first5=Peter|last6=Delezene|first6=Lucas K|last7=Kivell|first7=Tracy L|last8=Garvin|first8=Heather M|last9=Williams|first9=Scott A|date=2015-09-10|editor-last=Krause|editor-first=Johannes|editor2-last=Conard|editor2-first=Nicholas J|title=Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa|journal=eLife|volume=4|pages=e09560|doi=10.7554/eLife.09560|doi-access=free |pmid=26354291|pmc=4559886|issn=2050-084X}}</ref> Despite this exceptionally high number of specimens, their ranking with the ''Homo'' genus remains unclear. Even though it is in the Homo genus, they have some similarities with the [[Austral