Are You Knowledgeable Enough To Ace Our Early Human History Quiz?

Mason Zimmer|History|5 Feb 2025

What was likely the first hominid species to hold funerals?

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Homo Naledi, New Species, Unveiled in South Africa
Retry Correct Incorrect According to the U.K.’s Natural History Museum, Homo naledi was an ancient species of human-like hominids that lived about 300,000 years ago. But while their discovery in South Africa’s Rising Star cave system back in 2013 was a sensation unto itself, researchers also discovered evidence showing that this species had taken to burying their fallen cohorts after they passed away.
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What was likely the first hominid species to hold funerals?

  • Australopithecus africanus
  • Homo naledi
  • Homo sapiens
  • Homo Erectus
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