Homo naledi pelvic remains from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa.
In the hominin fossil record, pelvic remains are sparse and are difficult to attribute taxonomically when they are not directly associated with craniodental material. Here we describe the pelvic remains from the Dinaledi Chamber in the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, which has produced hominin fossils of a new species, Homo naledi. Though this species has been attributed to Homo based on cranial and lower limb morphology, the morphology of some of the fragmentary pelvic remains recovered align more closely with specimens attributed to the species Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus than they do with those of most (but not all) known species of the genus Homo. As with A. afarensis and A. africanus, H.TORONTO – The Maple Leafs have made their choice. Garret Sparks is in and Curtis McElhinney is out.

Toronto announced the final cuts to its training camp roster on Monday, settling the nearly three-week long battle for the team’s backup goalie job by placing McElhinney and Calvin Pickard on waivers and making Sparks the No. 2 netminder behind Frederik Andersen.

Defenceman Connor Carrick is also on the move, traded to the Dallas Stars for a 2019 conditional seventh-round pick (the selection becomes a sixth-round choice if Carrick dresses in 50 games for the Stars this season).



Mike Babcock said the decision to keep Sparks in the fold over McElhinney, who has been Andersen’s backup since he was claimed off waivers from Columbus in January 2017, was “very, very hard.” But his