Come join us for a fascinating evening, Friday, January 8, 2016, at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, for or first Naturalist Journey's slide show presentation with Jeremy DeSilva titled - Homo naledi: A new human ancestor from the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa.
In 2013, six women scientists squeezed through the twisting passages of Rising Star cave, South Africa, descended to a depth of 100 feet, and there excavated over 1,500 fossils from a previously unknown human ancestor. This unprecedented collection of ancient human bones -the largest ever discovered on the continent of Africa -represents at least 15 individuals from a new species of early human named Homo naledi. Dartmouth College Anthropology Professor Jeremy DeSilva has been working on these fossils and will present what we know about these early humans and how we know it. For more information contact the North Branch Nature Center at 802-229-6206 or visit our website for this and our other programs, at www.NorthBranchNatureCenter.org

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