'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female
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"'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include The Times, ScienceAlert, National Geographic and CNN. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (6)
- Burial site of all female extinct human relatives baffles scientists Popular Science · 6h ago
- A tomb of one’s own: ancient cave may be world’s first women-only site The Times · 6h ago
- A Controversial Ancient Human Burial Site Just Got More Mysterious ScienceAlert · 6h ago
- Scientists found 20 Homo naledi in a cave. Why are they all female? National Geographic · 6h ago
- Fossils of archaic human Homo naledi found in a cave are the same sex. Scientists want to learn why CNN · 6h ago
- 'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female Live Science · 6h ago
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