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Meet the "Underground Astronauts" Recovering Hominid Fossils

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November 9, 2013—Meet the women described as "underground astronauts"—scientists tasked with squeezing into a narrow cave to recover what's believed to be early hominid bones. It's thought these bones could help shed more light on the origins of humans.

National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Lee Berger is heading the project to retrieve the bones from a largely inaccessible cave in South Africa. Read daily updates from the Rising Star Expedition at our "Explorers Journal" blog: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/tag/rising-star-expedition/.
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