[MilStdJunkie]

Lee Berger's announcement video on the find - it's long-ish, but it's very very interesting if you're into this stuff.

https://youtu.be/fFbgQhY4Yxw

Something very evocative is the resemblance to Neanderthal cave engravings (@16:45 in the video) - that same theme of cross hatching, with multiple length verticals. As Lee points out, ascribing meaning to these things is going to be pretty much impossible, but it's very evocative. Could it be a family portrait? A warning? The 300k BC version of a Biohazard sigil? A Homo Sapiens band, hunting them into the depths of the earth? Who knows.

[dekhn]

"Scientists have finally decoded the meaning of the homo naledi engravings... they say the best translation is: 'This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.'"

(IE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warnin... version of your 300K BC biohazard sigil)

[POiNTx]

Longer video with better resolution of the images and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4WsgMUtJTU

[jrumbut]

I found it interesting that they appear to interact with these fossils that look a little like parasites on the rocks.

Obviously this is pure imagination but I wonder if that was why they felt the need to scratch the rock or create lines to block it from spreading.

[georgeg23]

Interesting theory!