Analysis of Neo and the other remains reveals that H. naledi had features that are shared with some of the earliest known fossil members of our genus, such as Homo rudolfensis and Homo habilis, species that lived two million years ago. (seeker.com)
Then they compared OH 7 with other specimens and found that it has more primitive features, such as a long narrow palate, than do the older Hadar jawbone and members of H. rudolfensis. (sciencemag.org)
The genus name of Pithecanthropus has been dropped by those who see rudolfensis as a valid species and replaced with the genus Homo. (archaeologyinfo.com)