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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] and the Taung Bird of Prey Hypothesis.
In March 2008, Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, undertook an exploration project in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site outside of Johannesburg, in order to map the known caves identified by him and his colleagues over the past several decades, and to place known fossil sites onto Google Earth so that information could be shared with colleagues. [1]
The first fossil find was a right clavicle, MH1 (UW88-1), in Malapa Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, discovered by 9-year-old Matthew Berger on 15 August 2008 while exploring the digsite headed by his father, South African palaeoanthropologist Lee Rogers Berger.
A new analysis of three-toed fossil footprints that date back more than 210 million years reveals that they were created by bipedal reptiles with feet like a bird’s.
Matthew Berger and Lee Rogers Berger: University of the Witwatersrand: KNM-ER 1813: 1.90 Homo habilis: 1973 Kenya: Kamoya Kimeu: KNM-ER 1470: 1.90 Homo rudolfensis: 1972 Kenya: Bernard Ngeneo [36] SK 48: 2.25–1.80 Paranthropus robustus: 1948 Swartkrans, South Africa: Robert Broom: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History SK 46 [37] 2.25–1 ...
The fossil remains of an early hominid child have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers. The team announced the discovery of a partial ...
Unknown: Cave of Bones is a Netflix documentary about paleontologist Lee Berger's work at Rising Star Cave. [1] [2] [3] References
The A. africanus fossils from Sterkfontein Member 4 were likely accumulated by big cats, though hunting hyenas and jackals may have also played a role. [59] Scratches, gouges, and puncture marks on the Taung child similar to those inflicted by modern crowned eagles indicate this individual was killed by a bird of prey. [60] [61]