[Rockhounds] Homo naledi fossils dated (South Africa)

[Paul]

"Cradle of Humankind" fossils can now be dated
Maddie Bender, Earth Magazine, February 5, 2019
https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/cradle-humankind-fossils-can-now-be-dated

The paper is:

Pickering, R., Herries, A.I., Woodhead, J.D., Hellstrom,
J.C., Green, H.E., Paul, B., Ritzman, T., Strait, D.S.,
Schoville, B.J. and Hancox, P.J., 2019. U–Pb-dated
flowstones restrict South African early hominin record
to dry climate phases. Nature, 565(7738), p.226.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0711-0

A related paper is:

Dirks, P.H., Berger, L.R., Roberts, E.M., Kramers, J.D.,
Hawks, J., Randolph-Quinney, P.S., Elliott, M., Musiba,
C.M., Churchill, S.E., de Ruiter, D.J. and Schmid, P., 2015.
Geological and taphonomic context for the new
hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi
Chamber, South Africa. Elife, 4, p.e09561.
https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/09561/elife-09561-v1.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.