Dr Mathole Motshekga, Executive Director of the Kara Heritage Institute, has dismissed the find of Homo naledi as pseudo-science bent on trying to confirm that Africans are descendants of baboons.

"Africa is the most ancient civilization which produced abundant literature about our origins – but this was suppressed by the west to promote that Africans are subhuman," he said.

"Humanity existed before the universe was formed."

"This thing is inconsistent with reality and supports the theory that we are subhuman. That's why Africans aren't respected by the rest of the world," he said.

Homo naledi promotes Africans as subhuman: Mathole Motshekga | eNCA

Religious lunatics.