Lee Berger | |
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| Born | Lee Rogers Berger December 22, 1965 Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Jacqueline Berger |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Time 100, 2016 - most influential people in the American world |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence |
| Institutions | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Thesis | Functional morphology of the hominoid shoulder, past and present. (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Phillip V. Tobias |
| Website | www |
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.[6][7]
Berger is known not only for his discoveries, but also for his unusually public persona in paleoanthropology, and for making his most notable discoveries open-access projects. He gives hundreds of talks per year, and has had a close relationship with National Geographic for many years, appearing in several of their shows and documentaries.[8]
- ^ "Biography: Lee Berger". University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ "Lee R. Berger, Ph.D. Biography and Interview". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Lee Berger". National Geographic. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ Lloyd, Julia. "Malapa Cave: Australopithecus Sediba's Place of Discovery". Maropeng. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ mmagnan1 (January 22, 2014). "News on South Africa's Hominins: Berger's Rising Star Expedition". Anthropology.net. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Berger, LR; Clarke, RJ (1995). "Eagle involvement in accumulation of the Taung child fauna" (PDF). Journal of Human Evolution. 29 (3): 275; 299. doi:10.1006/jhev.1995.1060. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015.
- ^ Davie, Lucille. "Who killed the Taung child?". SouthAfrica.info. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ Williams, Paige. "The Big Fight Over Fossils". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 28, 2016.