Answer to Question #243425 in Evolution for Fanas

Question

Is the species, Homo naledi more related to human beings as compared to other homo species? Expand.

Answer 1

Other characteristics are much more primitive. The species' small brain and the shape of its upper body are more similar to the pre-human australopithecines and the very early human species Homo habilis.'

The creature's curved fingers and hip joint also more closely resembled those of australopithecines and H. habilis.