Neo fossil skeleton

Dr Peter Schmid (R) from The University of Zurich prepare Neo, a new found fossil skeleton in the Cradle Of Human Kind area, to be displayed on May 8, 2017 in Maropeng, South Africa. Primitive hominids may have cohabited in Africa with the early modern men, scientists have put forward for the first time, a scenario that further complicates the genealogical tree of the human species. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

Among others a new skeleton was discovered in one of the chambers, the skeleton was nicknamed "Neo" by the team, chosen for the Sesotho word meaning "a gift".

According to Berger "The skeleton of Neo is one the most complete ever discovered, and technically even more complete than the famous Lucy fossil, given the preservation of the skull and mandible".
Dr Marina Elliott (L), Exploration Scientist at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg and Dr Peter Schmid (R) from The University of Zurich prepare Neo, a new found fossil skeleton in the Cradle Of Human Kind area, to be displayed on May 8, 2017 in Maropeng, South Africa. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP