Sep 24, 2021 • 1HR 25M

Lee Berger: Human Evolution, Homo Naledi, Ancient Drug Use, Ritual Burials, Origins of the Human Mind | #38

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Nick talks to paleoanthropologist Dr. Lee Berger about human evolution. Dr. Berger is a professor of anthropology in South Africa, explorer-in-residence for National Geographic, and author of, "Becoming Human." Lee's team has mapped and explored caves all over South Africa, discovering a treasure trove of ancient human fossils. This includes the discovery of Homo naledi, an ancient human ancestor that had a much smaller brain than humans, but may have nonetheless harbored advanced cognitive abilities. Lee described the discovery of Homo naledi, human brain evolution, and why we are in a golden age of paleoanthropology.

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