a new species of human ancestors called homo naledi had the brain the size of an orange, stood about five feet tall and incredibly appears to have buried its dead, a behavior previously thought to be really limited to humans. the man who led the team on this amazing find, professor lee berger, joins me from johannesburg, south africa. thank you for being with me, sir. good afternoon. can you walk us through how significant, how big of a find this is? well, every time we find even a small fragment of one of these human relatives, it s a big deal. they are, well, until recently, perhaps the rarest sought after objects on earth. normally our field is fragments. in this discovery, homo naledi, we discovered the largest assemblage of primitive human relatives ever discovered on the continent of africa. 1,500 remains, 15 individuals
problem. there are 4 million syrian refugees right now. it s created a little more of a rift for the democratic side as well this. to a degree, martin o malley has been much to the left of hillary clinton on this. hillary clinton hasn t quite gone as far as 65,000 refugees. she said people should get together and come up with a global solution to this. this problem is not going to get better any time soon. thank you very much. for your insight on that. for a story that may change our understanding of humanity. today a team of scientists in south africa announced they have discovered a new species of human. the remains of at least 15 individuals were spotted by spalunkers in a cave in south africa. they are believed to be in excess of 2.5 million years old. some early human ancestors intentionally buried their dead. something scientists considered limited to modern humans. coming up, brady s back.