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''Dawn of Humanity'' is a 2015 American documentary film that was posted (online ) on September 10, 2015, and aired nationwide on September 16, 2015. The PBS NOVA National Geographic film, in one episode of two hours, was directed and produced by Graham Townsley. The film describes the 2013 discovery, and later excavation, of the fossil remains of ''Homo naledi'', an extinct species of hominin assigned to the genus ''Homo'', found within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system, located in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.〔〔 〕 Additionally, the National Geographic Society has multiple videos on its website covering different phases of the discovery and excavation of the fossils during a two-year period.〔 , fossils of at least fifteen individuals, amounting to 1550 specimens, have been excavated from the cave. ==Participants== The documentary film is narrated by Jay O. Sanders and includes the following participants〔 (alphabetized by last name): * Rebecca R. Ackermann (University of Cape Town) * Zeresenay Alemseged (California Academy of Sciences) * Lee R. Berger (University of the Witwatersrand) * Pedro Boshoff (fossil hunter) * Steven Churchill (Duke University) * Viktor Deak (paleo-artist) * Marina Elliott (paleontologist) * Elen Feuerriegel (Australian National University) * Alia Gurtov (paleontologist) * William Harcourt-Smith (American Museum of Natural History) * John D. Hawks (University of Wisconsin-Madison) * Amanda Henry (Max Planck Institute) * K. Lindsay Hunter (Sepela Field Programs) * Rick Hunter (caver) * Donald Johanson (Institute of Human Origins) * Job Kibii (University of the Witwatersrand) * Ashley Kruger (University of the Witwatersrand) * Hannah Morris (Chena Consulting Group) * Becca Peixotto (paleontologist) * Rick Potts (Smithsonian Institution) * Patrick Randolph-Quinney (University of the Witwatersrand) * Brian Richmond (American Museum of Natural History) * Peter Schmid (University of the Witwatersrand) * Michael Tomasello (Max Planck Institute) * Steven Tucker (caver) * Carol Ward (University of Missouri) * Celeste Yates (University of the Witwatersrand) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dawn of Humanity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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