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Homo naledi

Ape-like Hominid species.
Taxon Fossil Taxon Q20962857

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
fossil taxon
Coordinate location
🗺️ -25.917°, 27.783°
Short name
H. naledi[9]
End time
-236000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
Named after
star, Rising Star Cave[2][3]
Parent taxon
Homo[4]
Start time
-335000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
Taxon name
Homo naledi[5]
Taxon rank
species[1]
Taxonomic type
DH1[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en H. naledi en Homo naledi ar هومو ناليدي cs H. naledi da H. naledi de H. naledi el Χόμο ναλέντι el H. naledi el Homo naledi es H. naledi fa انسان نالدی fr H. naledi he הומו נאלדי it H. naledi ja ホモ・ナレディ ko 호모 날레디 nl H. naledi pt H. naledi ro H. naledi ru хомо наледи
🔖 Identifiers · 23
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2016002847
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Homo naledi skeletal specimens.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
29bcee34-557d-410f-b9d6-5a006552378c
BNCF Thesaurus ID
62053
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
17052559p
Encyclopedia of Life ID
47049600
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Homo-naledi
Fandom article ID
prehistoric-wiki:Homo_naledi
Fossilworks taxon ID
384458
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
8099152
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bw4t2nsy
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
homo-naledi
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
21906196
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Homo_naledi
IRMNG ID
11902447
J9U entity ID
987007401892105171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780886804
NE.se ID
homo-naledi
NL CR AUT ID
ph979040
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
384458
Quora topic ID
Homo-Naledi
World History Encyclopedia ID
Homo_Naledi
Yale LUX ID
concept/ab6a4923-0c6f-489b-9c62-ebbf15083d5b

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🔗 Connections
Named after 2
star, Rising Star Cave
Parent taxon 1
Homo
Taxon rank 1
species
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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxonomic type → DH1
    End time → 2360th century BC
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007401892105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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