Homo naledi
Translingual
Etymology
Homo (“man”) + Sotho naledi (“star”). From being discovered in the Rising Star Cave of South Africa, which is located in a region where the indigenous people speak seSotho.
Proper noun
Hypernyms
- (species): Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus
Further reading
Homo naledi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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