Dawn of Humanity Film Questions
- What are the primary differences between Australopithecus Sediba and Homo Naledi?
- What made Raymond Dart and his followers believe that early hominins were violent and aggressive (killer apes)?
- What evidence eventually disproved his hypothesis?
- Why were ‘small scientists’ needed in the excavation stage for the Naledi cave?
- Why were Homo Naledi classified in the genus Homo rather than Australopithecus? Be sure to discuss both skeleton and cranium.
- How many bones and fragments were eventually pulled out of the Homo Naledi cave?
- What makes researchers believe that the bones were intentionally placed there? In your opinion, is this a ‘cemetery’?