@Mags The last half hour or so talks about where the new discovery fits in the tree. It's closer to humans in some ways, but not thought to be a direct link to humans. Basically naledi has long human like thumbs and a more rounded brow ridge. The graphic is kind of confusing.
The hominin cave man species with a very small brain is now directly linked to modern homo sapiens, and given an appropriate scientific name. Trumpus supportus. I found the answer to why Trump reminds me of a hyena. They both have the same hair and social skills.
Those ape-like creatures that they find in Africa look very negroid. While the neanderthals they find in europe look caucasian.
We all come from approximately the same hominid species with some slight percentage differences of 2-6%, but pigmentation differences would provide evolutionary advantages/disadvantages based on climate regardless of hominid species. So Neanderthals with lighter pigmentation in colder/less sunny climates would find an evolutionary advantage whereas the opposite would be true in sunnier zones.
As long as we're all homos living in a super old tree, we'll protect each other from the lions, tigers, and bears down on the ground. It's like, posters here may have differences, but we're all Blazer fans looking down at Laker fans.
