Post 2: Digital Literacy and Information Fluency

Question 2 (Marks: 10) 
Digital Literacy and Information Fluency

 Use information fluency skills to analyse the ground-breaking archaeological findings (Homo Naledi) by Professor Lee Berger from Wits University. Use the information fluency process, ask, acquire, analyse, apply and assess to dissect the matter. In your discussion highlight the significance of this finding:

 Use a minimum of 300 words 
 Create a separate page for your findings on the blog
On the 10th of September an announcement was made that a new species of human relative called Homo Naledi was discovered in a cave known as Rising Star in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa. What was most interesting was that this species had very similar behaviour to humans. The species also had human like features but had a tiny brain (the size of an orange). The discovery consisted of more than 1,550 numbered fossil elements. The special team who retrieved the fossils recovered parts of at least 15 individuals of the same species. The remains were found alone in this remote chamber in the absence of any other major fossil animals. The remains were intentionally disposed of there by Homo Naledi – a behaviour thought to be synonymous only human beings.



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