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Lee Rogers Berger (born December 22, 1965) is an American-born South African paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. [1] [2] [3] He is best known for his discovery of the Australopithecus sediba type site, Malapa; [4] his leadership of Rising Star Expedition in the excavation of Homo naledi at Rising Star Cave; [5 ...
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- Lee Rogers Berger, December 22, 1965 (age 57), Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S.
Aug 14, 2023 · Overnight, Lee Berger joined their ultra-elite club. He believes the skeletons found on the Malapa site in South Africa could be the “Rosetta Stone that unlocks our understanding of the genus ...
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May 6, 2024 · Lee Berger (born December 22, 1965, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S.) is an American-born South African paleoanthropologist known for the discovery of the fossil skeletons of Australopithecus sediba, a primitive hominin species that some paleontologists believe is the most plausible link between the australopithecenes (genus Australopithecus) and humans (genus Homo).
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Jun 5, 2023 · Lee Berger is only scratching the surface of his decades-long trail of discoveries SCIENCE 1.5-million-year-old bone may be earliest evidence of cannibalism by human ancestors
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Jun 20, 2016 · “Lee Berger is a renowned paleoanthropologist responsible for many groundbreaking discoveries about early man,” a narrator says. Berger, sitting amid dense foliage, says, “It really is one ...
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Jun 5, 2023 · Lee R. Berger, known as “Rod,” ran cross-country, played varsity tennis, was captain of his high school debating team, an Eagle Scout, and the President of Georgia 4H. Lee Rogers Berger was born in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, but grew up on a farm outside the rural community of Sylvania, Georgia. His mother was a schoolteacher; his father sold ...
Dec 2, 2022 · Details. Understanding where we come from as a species has been one of the great goals of humankind, exploring the questions of where we come from and why we are here as a species. In this lecture, Professor Lee Berger will explore some of the greatest discoveries of the last two decades in the search for human origins, discoveries he has been ...
