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Lee R. Berger
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 174
Citations - 7310
Lee R. Berger is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Australopithecus sediba & Homo naledi. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 173 publications receiving 6488 citations. Previous affiliations of Lee R. Berger include Ohio State University & University of Arkansas.
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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa
Lee R. Berger,John Hawks,Darryl J. de Ruiter,Steven E. Churchill,Peter Schmid,Lucas K. Delezene,Tracy L. Kivell,Heather M. Garvin,Scott A. Williams,Jeremy M. DeSilva,Matthew M. Skinner,Charles M. Musiba,Noel Cameron,Trenton W. Holliday,William E. H. Harcourt-Smith,Rebecca Rogers Ackermann,Markus Bastir,Barry Bogin,Debra R. Bolter,Juliet K. Brophy,Zachary Cofran,Kimberly A. Congdon,Andrew S. Deane,Mana Dembo,Michelle S.M. Drapeau,Marina Elliott,Elen M Feuerriegel,Daniel García-Martínez,David J. Green,Alia Gurtov,Joel D. Irish,Ashley Kruger,Myra F. Laird,Damiano Marchi,Marc R. Meyer,Shahed Nalla,Enquye W. Negash,Caley M. Orr,Davorka Radovčić,Lauren Schroeder,Jill E. Scott,Zachary Throckmorton,Matthew W. Tocheri,Matthew W. Tocheri,Matthew W. Tocheri,Caroline VanSickle,Christopher S. Walker,Pianpian Wei,Bernhard Zipfel +48 more
TL;DR: Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, characterized by body mass and stature similar to small-bodied human populations but a small endocranial volume similar to australopiths.
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Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa
Lee R. Berger,Darryl J. de Ruiter,Darryl J. de Ruiter,Steven E. Churchill,Steven E. Churchill,Peter Schmid,Peter Schmid,Kristian J. Carlson,Kristian J. Carlson,Paul H.G.M. Dirks,Paul H.G.M. Dirks,Job M. Kibii +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, two partial skeletons with an age of 1.95 to 1.78 million years were found in cave deposits at the Malapa site in South Africa and were associated with craniodental remains.
Supporting Online Material for Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-like Australopith from South Africa
Lee R. Berger,Darryl J. de Ruiter,Steven E. Churchill,Peter Schmid,Paul H.G.M. Dirks,Job M. Kibii +5 more
TL;DR: Combined craniodental and postcranial evidence demonstrates that this new species of Australopithecus shares more derived features with early Homo than any other australopith species and thus might help reveal the ancestor of that genus.
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The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa
Paul H.G.M. Dirks,Paul H.G.M. Dirks,Eric M. Roberts,Eric M. Roberts,Hannah L. Hilbert-Wolf,Jan Kramers,John Hawks,John Hawks,Anthony Dosseto,Mathieu Duval,Marina Elliott,Mary Evans,Rainer Grün,Rainer Grün,John Hellstrom,Andy I.R. Herries,Renaud Joannes-Boyau,Tebogo V. Makhubela,Christa Placzek,Jessie Robbins,Carl Spandler,Jelle P. Wiersma,Jon Woodhead,Lee R. Berger +23 more
TL;DR: These age results demonstrate that a morphologically primitive hominin, Homo naledi, survived into the later parts of the Pleistocene in Africa, and indicate a much younger age for the Homo nalingi fossils than have previously been hypothesized based on their morphology.
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Australopithecus sediba Hand Demonstrates Mosaic Evolution of Locomotor and Manipulative Abilities
Tracy L. Kivell,Job M. Kibii,Steven E. Churchill,Steven E. Churchill,Peter Schmid,Peter Schmid,Lee R. Berger +6 more
TL;DR: A nearly complete wrist and hand of an adult female Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa (1.977 million years ago) is described and analyzed in this article.