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

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English - September 24, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Nick Jikomes 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 gold age of paleoanthropology.

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