Findings on Homo Naledi Using Digital Literate

Information fluency-the capacity to unwittingly and possibly interpret information in all forms and arrangements in order to extract the important knowledge, perceive its meaning and the importance and use it to complete real-world tasks.

Information fluency process:

1. Ask: What is Homo Naledi?
           Where did it live?
           When and where was it discovered?
           Where does it fit in the human family tree?
2. Acquire: Homo Naledi is an extinct species of hominin, first described in 2015 and appointed by the anthrolopologist to the genus Homo. It was discovered on Thursday, 10 September 2015, in the Cradle of Humankind, 50 kilometers away from Johannesburg. It was then announced by the University of Wits.
3. Analyse: Homo Naledi had a tiny brain, about the size of an orange, and a slender body, was about1.5M tall and weighed about 45kilograms.It is named after the Rising Star cave “naledi” to the meaning a star in Sesotho. The bones were found in the Chamber named Dinaledi. The teeth are similar to the earliest-known members of our genus, such as Homo habilis, but the shoulders are more similar to those of the apes. It was initially found in 2013.
4. Apply: it has been acknowledged that the Homo naledi had been discovered in South Africa, in a province of Gauteng away 50kms from the city of Johannesburg in Maropeng, also what has been discovered is that the Homo Naledi had a tiny brain, and a slender body and weighed 45kgs.
5. Assess: Anthrolopologist are the scientists that had discovered the Homo Naledi and they also didn’t know that the Homo Naledi was situated away from the city of Johannesburg in Maropeng. Showing the results of the family tree is that it had the teeth are similar to the earliest-known members of our genus, such as Homo habilis, but the shoulders are more similar to those of the apes.