The Underground Astronauts is the name given to a group of six scientists, Hannah Morris, Marina Elliott, Becca Peixotto, Alia Gurtov, K. Lindsay (then Eaves) Hunter,[1] and Elen Feuerriegel, who excavated the bones of Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system in Gauteng, South Africa.[2][3][4][5][6] The six women were selected by the expedition leader, Lee Rogers Berger,[7][8] who posted a message on Facebook asking for scientists with experience in paleontological excavations and caving, and were slender enough for cramped spaces.[6] Within ten days of the post, Berger had received almost sixty applicants and chose six scientists to make up his expedition team.[9]
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- ^ "Meet the "underground astronauts"". CNN. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ Bennett, Amanda; Geographic, National (2015-09-17). "Wanted: Fit, Fearless Scientist for Huge Underground Find". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ HIGHAM, TOM (2021-08-24). The World Before Us. Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1sfsdqn. ISBN 978-0-300-26309-1. S2CID 241167425.
- ^ a b DeSilva, Jeremy (2021). First steps : how upright walking made us human (First ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-06-293849-7. OCLC 1244114018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Feltman, Rachel (September 10, 2015). "Meet the six female 'underground astronauts' who recovered our newest relative". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Smith, David (10 September 2015). "'Small spelunkers required': the ad that led to the discovery of Homo naledi". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Cline, Eric H. (2018). Three stones make a wall : the story of archaeology. Glynnis Fawkes. Princeton. ISBN 978-0-691-18425-8. OCLC 1051770803.
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