Mathole Motshekga: Homo Naledi, human ancestry link is offensive - should be rejected

Founder of the Kara Institute, Mathole Motshekga, says Lee Berger and other paleoanthropologists who linked the recently discovered fossils to human ancestry are wrong because they failed to consider indigenous knowledge in their conclusions. He referred to the fossils of Homo Naledi as being those of baboons or monkeys, and says the science behind the conclusion of being connected to human beings as speculative, without basis. Motshekga says South Africans should not celebrate as they are meant to insult, particularly Africans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices