HOMO naledi‚ the extinct hominin species discovered at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site‚ has been named among the top 10 newly-discovered species of 2016.Among the others is a giant Galapagos tortoise and two fish — a bright red seadragon and an anglerfish that looks like a creature out of a science fiction thriller.The list of top 10 species is compiled annually by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s International Institute for Species Exploration in New York.The list is chosen from about 18,000 new species identified during the previous year and released around May 23 to recognise the birthday of Carolus Linnaeus‚ an 18th century Swedish botanist who is considered to be "the father of modern taxonomy".The species were discovered in various countries‚ including Brazil and Gabon‚ each of which contributed two new additions to the planet’s biodiversity. The others hail from Ecuador‚ the Gulf of Mexico‚ Australia‚ Spain and Peru."In the past half-centur...
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