Photos: Homo naledi

Skeletal parts of Homo naledi, along with hundreds of other fossil elements, are displayed during the announcement of a new human ancestor in Magaliesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 10, 2015.

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa kisses a reconstruction of Homo naledi’s face during a news conference at Maropeng Cradle of Humankind in Magaliesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 10, 2015.

Professor Lee Berger, from the University of the Witwatersrand, holds the skull of a new human relative, Homo naledi, during a presentation in Johannesburg on Sept. 10, 2015.