U of A Anthropologist Part of Team That Identified New Human Ancestor

Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 09:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The new species, Homo naledi, that was announced today by National Geographic was identified after two years of analysis by researchers. Lucas Delezene, an expert in hominin dental anatomy, studied the fossil teeth to determine they were different than any known species.

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