Lee Berger (paleoanthropologist)
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. He is best known for his discovery of the Australopithecus sediba type site, Malapa; his leadership of Rising Star Expedition in the excavation of Homo naledi at Rising Star Cave; and the Taung Bird of Prey Hypothesis.
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.