ホモ・ナレディが故意に死者を葬った証拠

Lee R Berger^1,2,3, Tebogo Vincent Makhubela^2,4, Keneiloe Molopyane⁵

¹The National Geographic Society, Washington DC, United States.

eLife

|September 1, 2025

まとめ

南アフリカでの発掘ではホモ・ナレディの化石が豊富に発見されましたホモ・ナレディは文化的な埋葬を行っていたという証拠がありその行動に関する以前の仮定に異議を唱えたのです

科学分野:

古人類学
考古学

背景:

南アフリカのライジング・スター洞窟ではホモ・ナレディの化石が発見されています
ホモ・ナレディの残骸に関する以前の解釈は,特に堆積過程に関して議論されてきた.

研究の目的:

ディナレディサブシステムでの発掘の新発見を紹介する.
ホモ・ナレディの化石と堆積物の空間的分布を再検討する.
ホモ・ナレディの遺骸を解明する仮説を検証する

主な方法:

ヒル・アンテカンバー,ディナレディ・カンバー,パズル・ボックス地域における化石材料および関連堆積物の掘削と詳細な分析.
骨格要素の空間分析と堆積物学的観測
自然過程と意図的な埋葬を比較した堆積仮説の比較分析

主要な成果:

骨組みの骨組みを含むホモ・ナレディの化石が豊富に発見され,軟組織の分解前に迅速な堆積物が覆われたことが示された.
部屋の床の沈殿や分解といった自然な堆積過程は断固として排除されています
空間的位置づけと沈殿物の文脈はホミニン文化埋葬の仮説と最も適合しています

結論:

ホモ・ナレディは葬儀の様式に従事していたようです
文化的な埋葬は,観察された化石の集合体の説明として提案されています.
これはホモ・ナレディのレパートリー内の儀式的な慣行を含む複雑な行動を示しています

キーワード:

ホモ・ナレディ埋葬する進化生物学について葬儀の慣習ない

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