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Sharp criticism of controversial ancient-human claims tests eLife’s revamped peer-review model

High-profile researchers say small-brained Homo naledi exhibited advanced behaviours such as burials, but peer reviewers say there’s no evidence.
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Archaeologists in South Africa wowed viewers of a Netflix documentary — released last week — with stunning scenes of a cramped cave crammed with bone fossils that, they argue, are the remains of the earliest-known burial by humans or their extinct relatives.

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Nature 620, 13-14 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02415-w

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