.2.1 Use information fluency skills to analyze the groundbreaking archeological findings (Homo Naledi) by Professor Lee Berger from Wits University. Use the information fluency process, ask, acquire, analyse, apply and assess to dissect the matter. In your discussion highlight the significance of this finding Use a minimum of 300 words

Question 2
Ask – Involves asking important questions about knowledge and data in order to get answers.
Acquire – Involves accessing and collecting information from different sources.
Analyse – Involves going through information collected in order to authenticate, organise, and arrange everything. It also involves deciding whether the data collected is useful.
Apply – Involves applying the knowledge gained and it is done once all data is collected and verified.
Assess – Involves accessing the product and the process which is done after being discussed how it could be carried out.

Information Fluency used to analyse archeological findings
Ask – Which breed of species does the fossil belong to? And how this new information could help us gain more knowledge to what we already know about the specie. Questions like: The fossil belongs to what kind of specie? How old is the fossil and where was it found? Is it a male or female? And does it prove the theory of evolution?
Acquire – Information found by scientists. So it means that the fossil must be studied in order to acquire information like how old is the fossil and whether it belongs to a human or some kind of animal.
Analyse – The fossil discovered must be analysed in order to gain more information and must decide whether the information gathered is useful and trustworthy and does it prove the theory of evolution.
Apply – New information found must be applied and assessed to prove the the fossil found is valuable to the theory of evolution.
Assess – The findings must be assessed and be carried out efficiently by studying the information required further.

Professor Lee Berger and his team of scientists discovered what they believe is a fossil closely related to humans. The homo Naledi fossil was found at the Cradle Of Human Kind in a underground chamber(Ewn.co.za, 2016). The discovery is big as it can allow humans to understand the theory of evolution better. The fossil is believed to one of many fossils yet to be discovered at the site. Homo Naledi is believed to be smaller and older than a normal human with curved fingers and a small skull but Naledi is very similar to modern day humans. The scientists believe that there’s more fossils were they found Naledi because they believe that they buried themselves together as some kind of ritual. They still trying to find out just how the fossil got down there. It is not clear just how Naledi is so it makes it difficult for scientists to place the specie in the tree of life

References

Global Digital Citizen Foundation. (2016) Information Fluency | Global Digital Citizen Foundation. [online}  Available at: https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/21st-century-fluencies/information-fluency [Accessed 24 October 2016].

Ewn.co.za. (2016). Meet Homo Naledi. [online] Available at http://ewn.co.za/Features/Naledi [Accessed 24 October 2016]