Very cool. I love this stuff! I would have to think that Africa would become like a Mecca of archeological digs once the DNA/genome project discovered that the 'homo' species line originated there.
LOL @ Bonsai. But it is a legitimate question. IF Adam and Eve are only thought to be 6,000 years old, then 'original sin' did not exist before that time, hence, homo naledi would not qualify for needing a saviour or the church for that matter.
I often pondered as a child those in the world that had never heard of Jesus. I knew people like this existed. Even today we are still discovering indigenous tribes people who have never had any close contact with the rest of the world. When you see aerial photographs of these people, they certainly don't look Christian, Jewish, or Islamic.