The_Metatron wrote:The_Piper wrote:I listened to lectures/talks by Hawks, Berger and others. You can easily find talks from both Hawks and Berger telling the story of the discovery and study of the bones and cave, in great detail.
There's evidence that Homo naledi used fire, which would explain how tf they could see anything down there!
I’ve wondered about that.
That cave was explored with serious technical spelunking gear. Make a mistake in there and you’re dead. No one can come to help you.
How in hell did those early humans get so good damned far into those caves?
I mean, if fire is your light source, you’d better have it mastered, and able to produce it at will. But, that’s not the only consideration. There’s no ventilation down there. Use up the oxygen with fire and your just as dead.
I’ve read a bit about caving and caving deaths. One thing I took away from it all was this: I don’t know what’s eventually going to kill me. But, it sure as hell won’t be a fucking cave.
Same here, if I'm going to die by cave, it's if a cave lands on top of me from somewhere while I'm on the surface.
I'd bet that their smaller size helped with both fitting inside and breathing, but I'm with you being perplexed how humans could breathe in some caves with fires going. Not just this cave, any cave with long narrow passages. I think you're probably right that Naledi will have to have fire mastered.
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