Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating (arstechnica.com)

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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

why would species have anything whatsoever to do with this? Everyone deserves respect regardless, obviously.

IMO the ideal is to just leave things be if we're confident it won't be disturbed (this is both respectful and means we can use better methods to study it in the future), and if we're not confident then we extract things and preserve them in as respectful a manner as possible.
Don't disturb more than necessary, have people perform whatever rituals they feel are suitable, and if at all possible restore the site as close as possible to how it was (but making sure it won't degrade).

[-] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Becaude we cant ask descendants about their wishes for example.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

but that applies to most human remains, there is no sensible descendant for people who died more than like.. 2000 years ago.

I just don't see how the species makes any difference, we're all equally people.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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