Scientists this morning have revealed the discovery of a new species of human relative, that they believe disposed of its dead deep in a cave and possibly even used fire.
Homo naledi is the latest addition to the human evolutionary tree and was discovered in the Cradle of Humankind, about 40 kilometres west of Johannesburg.
Naledi means star in Sesotho.
This latest find, believe scientists, is going to shake up that tree, as this species could have displayed behaviour that so far has only been seen in humans and Neanderthals.
Professor Lee Berger of Wits University, who led the team that made the discovery, revealed Homo naledi to the world this morning, at a press briefing at Maropeng, in the Cradle of Humankind.
Berger and the multinational team of scientists have been working on the find, since a single mandible was discovered in a remote chamber in the Rising Star Cave, in September 2013,
It's pronounced "nah-led-ie".