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  On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, third-time guest John Hawks returns after two years to discuss what we've learned in paleoanthropology since he and Razib last talked. Hawks obtained his PhD under Milford H. Wolpoff, and is currently a professor in anthropology at the University of Wisconsin. Hawks has also co-authored Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story and Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins with Lee Berger. Razib first presses Hawks on what we know about archaic human admixture into modern populations, and particularly what we've learned about Denisovans. They discuss how many Denisovan populations there were, how many Denisovan fossil remains we have, and why it has taken so long for researchers to assign a species name to this lineage of humans. Hawks also address the puzzle of the phenomenon of why there are at least two pygmy hominin populations in Southeast Asia. Perhaps humans too are subject to island dwarfism like many other mammals? Also, Razib wonders why Southeast Asia was home to such a startling variety of humans at once prior to the arrival of modern populations. They discuss all of this in light of the framework of Out-of-Africa, the recent spread of anatomically modern humans outside of Africa. Razib questions how robust this model is today given our understanding of modern humans' extensive and repeated interactions with both Neanderthals and Denisovans. Finally, Hawks covers some controversies over fossils being sent into space that roiled the archaeological world last year.

This week we tackle one of our favorite topics - controversy! Last summer, the team working on the Rising Star Cave site in South Africa released a series of pre-prints making some incredible claims about the pre-human species, Homo Naledi. They were closely followed by the Netflix documentary, Cave of Bones which captured the attention of the public. However, other researchers are pushing back, claiming lack of solid evidence and published peer reviewed research. Join us while we look at both sides of the debate, and let us know where you land!Links Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi Are Stirring Up Evolution Enigmatic Hominin Seemingly Buried Dead and Carved Symbols 100,000 Years Before Modern Humans Unknown: Cave of Bones - Netflix Documentary No scientific evidence that Homo Naledi buried their dead and produced rock art Cave of Bones Explorer's Club Talk with Dr. Lee Berger 241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the Rising Star Cave system, South AfricaContact Chris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Rachel Rodenrachel@unraveleddesigns.comRachelUnraveled (Instagram)ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724Affiliates Motion

This week we tackle one of our favorite topics - controversy! Last summer, the team working on the Rising Star Cave site in South Africa released a series of pre-prints making some incredible claims about the pre-human species, Homo Naledi. They were closely followed by the Netflix documentary, Cave of Bones which captured the attention of the public. However, other researchers are pushing back, claiming lack of solid evidence and published peer reviewed research. Join us while we look at both sides of the debate, and let us know where you land!Links Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi Are Stirring Up Evolution Enigmatic Hominin Seemingly Buried Dead and Carved Symbols 100,000 Years Before Modern Humans Unknown: Cave of Bones - Netflix Documentary No scientific evidence that Homo Naledi buried their dead and produced rock art Cave of Bones Explorer's Club Talk with Dr. Lee Berger 241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the Rising Star Cave system, South AfricaContact Chris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Rachel Rodenrachel@unraveleddesigns.comRachelUnraveled (Instagram)ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724Affiliates Motion

Lee Berger, National Geographic Explorer in Residence and real-life Indiana Jones with tales of his hominid discoveries, many of which have rewritten the story of palaeoanthropology. (R)National Geographic Explorer in Residence, Lee Berger, entered the field of palaeoanthropology when there was an infinitesimally tiny chance he would discover anything, while digging around South Africa.But this real-life Indiana Jones kept bucking the odds.He kept unearthing previously unseen parts of hominids - the group known as the Great Apes; comprising modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans plus all their immediate ancestors.First, he found a pair of hominid teeth in southern Africa. Then after a fossil hunting dry spell, his 9-year-old son Matthew found the jawbone of an entirely new hominid species.A few years later came Lee's most extraordinary discovery yet: a nearly inaccessible cave filled with skeletons of another new hominid species which seemed to be violating all the rules.The story of what happened in this cave revolutionises what we understand about the origins of our own human species.This episode of Conversations discusses the origin of human life, archaeology, science, research, caving, adventure, Indiana Jones, human species, evolution, Charles Darwin, theories of evolution, Africa.

L'inhumation d'un mort est très différente de la simple protection d'un cadavre, enterré là où il est décédé, pour le préserver des bêtes sauvages. Cette pratique culturelle, qui s'accompagne d'une certaine ritualisation, suppose une véritable réflexion sur le sens des pratiques funéraires.Les tombes les plus anciennes que les paléontologues aient découvertes dataient, du moins jusqu'ici, d'environ 100.000 ans. Donc bien avant l'ère néolithique, qui a vu la découverte de l'agriculture et la sédentarisation des hommes. On les a trouvées au Proche-Orient.Les hommes de cette époque ne sachant pas écrire (l'écriture sera inventée voilà environ 3.500 ans), ces sépultures ne présentent aucune épitaphe ou inscription. Il n'y a pas non plus de pierre tombale.Certains indices suggèrent que les tombes ont été préparées avec soin. Des objets sont parfois placés dans la sépulture. Est-ce seulement parce que le défunt les affectionnait, ou devaient-ils l'accompagner dans un autre monde, au-delà de cette vie ? Ce sont pour l'instant des questions sans réponse.Des inhumations encore plus précoces ?Mais de récentes trouvailles, par le paléontologue américain Lee Berger, pourraient faire reculer d'au moins 100.000 ans la date de ces premières inhumations.Elles ont été faites en Afrique du Sud et concernent une espèce d'hominidés éteinte, l'homme de Naledi, découvert par Lee Berger en 2015. Si cet homme de petite taille se rattache plutôt aux australopithèques, certains de ses traits le rapprochent tout de même du genre "Homo".Cet homme de Naledi aurait vécu entre moins 335.000 ans et moins 241.000 ans. Or, le paléontologue et son équipe ont découvert, sur un site d'Afrique du Sud, des sortes de chambres, d'un accès difficile.Ils y ont retrouvé les squelettes de personnes soigneusement placées là, en position fœtale. Des trous, creusés dans le sol, ont été retrouvés dans ces chambres, sans qu'on sache s'ils devaient servir de sépultures.On peut également se demander si les gravures peintes sur les parois et les charbons brûlés, retrouvés sur place, ont un rapport avec d'éventuels rituels funéraires. Si c'était le cas, cela montrerait que ces hominidés avaient déjà de véritables capacités cérébrales. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

n this special episode of “The Story of Us,” we are thrilled to welcome Professor Lee R. Berger from the University of Witwatersrand. Join us as we dive into the fascinating discoveries surrounding Homo naledi and the Rising Star cave system. Dr. Berger will address the many challenges and astonishing findings that have emerged from this groundbreaking site. We will explore critical questions that have sparked academic debate and discuss the broader implications of these discoveries for our understanding of what it means to be human. This episode promises to provide valuable insights into why these discoveries are significant, both scientifically and culturally. Dr. Berger will offer his perspective on the meticulous processes involved in unearthing these ancient secrets and their impact on the field of paleoanthropology. Don't miss this engaging conversation, and remember to always keep exploring and learning! If you enjoy this episode, please like, share, and subscribe for more in-depth discussions on human origins and related topics. About Dr. Lee R. Berger: Lee Rogers Berger is an esteemed American-born South African paleoanthropologist and a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. Renowned for his discovery of the Australopithecus sediba type site at Malapa and his leadership in the excavation of Homo naledi at the Rising Star cave, Dr. Berger's contributions have significantly advanced our understanding of human evolution. With a rich academic background and a commitment to public engagement, he continues to inspire and educate through his research and explorations. Tune in to hear directly from Dr. Berger about his remarkable journey and the profound discoveries that are reshaping our knowledge of ancient hominins.

Send us a Text Message.Prepare for a riveting journey as we embrace the return of Claudia the Stallion and her intoxicating dynamics with Steven, all while contemplating the dramatic farewell of Joseph Anders. Claudia's enigmatic comeback raises speculations about her mysterious past and potential future plot twists, especially considering her history with mental health challenges. As her storyline unfolds, the contrast between Al Corley and Jack Coleman's portrayals of Steven is dissected, revealing subtle yet impactful differences. Meanwhile, Steven's sexuality becomes a point of contention, with the show's writing under scrutiny for its treatment of this critical aspect of his identity and the broader implications for representation on screen.As we bid adieu to Lee Berger's Joseph Anders, we reflect on his storied career and his character's unexpected exit after desiring to expand his narrative. From Broadway to sharing the screen with James Dean and memorable appearances in iconic series, we traverse the highs and lows of his journey. We also entertain the what-ifs surrounding Anders' potential story arcs and the evolving family dynamics that we'll never see unfold. Wrapping up with a dash of humor and wisdom, we offer life advice that's as practical as it is amusing—always keep your favorite snacks close, and never underestimate the power of self-care. Stay tuned for our next installment, where we'll dissect the riveting finale of Knots Landing's inaugural season.

Seriah is joined by naturalist, author and archeoastronomer Bernie Taylor to discuss prehistoric hominids, ancient cave art, and misinterpretation. Topics include “Homo Naledi”, the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, Netflix series “Cave of Bones”, Gorham's cave system in Gibraltar, cave art, peer review in academia, the stoned ape theory, Neanderthals, UNESCO, hashtag markings, misinterpretation of cave art, George Schaller, Masai giraffes, the journeys of ancient nomadic peoples, Ffyona Campbell, the ancient zodiac, Plato, Atlantis, prehistoric trade routes, Jebel Musa image of Moses, the strait of Gibraltar, Jebel Irhoud Morocco remains, evolution, taking ancient artifacts into space, the role of profit and ego in archeology and other sciences, National Geographic, lost ancient societies, Gobekli Tepe, cultural interactions between the “old” and “new” worlds, Netflix series “Bodies”, earlier and earlier dates in paleontology and archeology, purposes of cave art, David Lewis-Williams, shamanic ritual in caves, light deprivation, Graham Hancock, downsides of psychedelics, Animism, pareidolia, dogma in science and pop culture, Altamira cave system in Spain, Pablo Picasso, Francisco Franco, Spanish Civil War, fundamentalist Catholicism, the ancient Iberian peninsula, flaws of Egyptology, and much more! This is a fast-paced, information-packed conversation!

Seriah is joined by naturalist, author and archeoastronomer Bernie Taylor to discuss prehistoric hominids, ancient cave art, and misinterpretation. Topics include “Homo Naledi”, the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, Netflix series “Cave of Bones”, Gorham's cave system in Gibraltar, cave art, peer review in academia, the stoned ape theory, Neanderthals, UNESCO, hashtag markings, misinterpretation of cave art, George Schaller, Masai giraffes, the journeys of ancient nomadic peoples, Ffyona Campbell, the ancient zodiac, Plato, Atlantis, prehistoric trade routes, Jebel Musa image of Moses, the strait of Gibraltar, Jebel Irhoud Morocco remains, evolution, taking ancient artifacts into space, the role of profit and ego in archeology and other sciences, National Geographic, lost ancient societies, Gobekli Tepe, cultural interactions between the “old” and “new” worlds, Netflix series “Bodies”, earlier and earlier dates in paleontology and archeology, purposes of cave art, David Lewis-Williams, shamanic ritual in caves, light deprivation, Gram Hancock, downsides of psychedelics, Animism, pareidolia, dogma in science and pop culture, Altamira cave system in Spain, Pablo Picasso, Francisco Franco, Spanish Civil War, fundamentalist Catholicism, the ancient Iberian peninsula, flaws of Egyptology, and much more! This is a fast-paced, information-packed conversation! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is Deya Dova with Hollow Bone Download

This week we tackle one of our favorite topics - controversy! Last summer, the team working on the Rising Star Cave site in South Africa released a series of pre-prints making some incredible claims about the pre-human species, Homo Naledi. They were closely followed by the Netflix documentary, Cave of Bones which captured the attention of the public. However, other researchers are pushing back, claiming lack of solid evidence and published peer reviewed research. Join us while we look at both sides of the debate, and let us know where you land!Links Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi Are Stirring Up Evolution Enigmatic Hominin Seemingly Buried Dead and Carved Symbols 100,000 Years Before Modern Humans Unknown: Cave of Bones - Netflix Documentary No scientific evidence that Homo Naledi buried their dead and produced rock art Cave of Bones Explorer's Club Talk with Dr. Lee Berger 241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the Rising Star Cave system, South AfricaContact Chris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Rachel Rodenrachel@unraveleddesigns.comRachelUnraveled (Instagram)ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley FoolSave $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/apnfool and start your investing journey today!*$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Liquid I.V.Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeologypodnetworkfeed to save 20% off anything you order.

This week we tackle one of our favorite topics - controversy! Last summer, the team working on the Rising Star Cave site in South Africa released a series of pre-prints making some incredible claims about the pre-human species, Homo Naledi. They were closely followed by the Netflix documentary, Cave of Bones which captured the attention of the public. However, other researchers are pushing back, claiming lack of solid evidence and published peer reviewed research. Join us while we look at both sides of the debate, and let us know where you land!Links Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi Are Stirring Up Evolution Enigmatic Hominin Seemingly Buried Dead and Carved Symbols 100,000 Years Before Modern Humans Unknown: Cave of Bones - Netflix Documentary No scientific evidence that Homo Naledi buried their dead and produced rock art Cave of Bones Explorer's Club Talk with Dr. Lee Berger 241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the Rising Star Cave system, South AfricaContact Chris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Rachel Rodenrachel@unraveleddesigns.comRachelUnraveled (Instagram)ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724Affiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Motley FoolSave $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to https://zen.ai/archaeologyshowfool and start your investing journey today!*$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. Liquid I.V.Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeologyshow1 to save 20% off anything you order.

Prepare for a journey to a time when an ancient species co-existed with Homo sapiens. My esteemed guest, Dr. Lee Berger - one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the year - and I will take you deep into the heart of this captivating past. We will navigate the uncharted waters of human evolution, guided by the discovery of Homo Naledi, a discovery that  challenges our very notion of what it means to be human. Follow Lee @thefossilvault Follow Chase @chase_chewning ----- In this episode, you will learn... Dr. Lee Berger's discovery of Homo Naledi, a new species in human evolution, drastically challenges traditional understandings of human evolution. The species exhibited complex cultural practices such as mortuary rituals and engraving symbols, pushing the limits of our understanding of non-human culture.  The Homo Naledi species co-existed with Homo sapiens hundreds of thousands of years ago. The discovery contradicts the previous narrative that Homo sapiens were the only species in Africa, leading to a reevaluation of our assumptions in the field of archaeology and human evolution. The Homo Naledi species was found in extremely difficult-to-reach caves, showcasing the complexity and extent of their behaviors. The very use of these caves for their cultural practices, combined with the discovery of symbols, fires, and tools, suggests a higher level of intelligence and complexity than previously assumed for non-human species. The discovery of Homo Naledi had a profound personal impact on Dr. Berger. Not only did it challenge his understanding of human evolution, but it also put his life at risk during the exploration process.  ----- Episode resources: Learn how to enroll in the 2024 Ever Forward Mentorship by emailing subject line "mentorship" to chase@everforwardradio.com  Learn more about Cave of Bones book and the documentary-series on Netflix 

A recent ABC News article says the latest research about the hominid species Homo naledi "erases the idea of human exceptionalism." A new Netflix documentary suggests that humans are not that special after all. Should we believe the media hype? Or is there more to the story? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with Dr. Casey Luskin to get an update on the Homo naledi controversy. In this episode, Dr. Luskin reviews each of the three main claims about Homo naledi made by Dr. Lee Berger and his team and gives us a summary of the strongest counter-arguments. He also gives his thoughts on the recent Netflix film. "It's very important to communicate scientific ideas to the public," says Luskin. "And I think it's great when scientists do that, when they do it carefully and responsibly and they're making sure that the evidence has been thoroughly worked out...in this case, there was a sense that they had sort of put the cart before the horse." Source

The smash hit Netflix documentary “Unknown: Cave of Bones” has kicked off an all-out science brawl. The film makes extraordinary claims about a strange ape-like creature that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago — claims that rewrite what it means to be human. But some scientists are pushing back, saying that at this point, these extraordinary claims aren't backed up by extraordinary evidence. So, what's going on? Is “Cave of Bones” a Cave of Lies? We chat to the man at the center of the controversy, National Geographic Explorer In Residence Lee Berger, as well as a couple of the scientists pushing back against his work: Professor Andy Herries and Associate Professor Jamie Hodgkins. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVSCaveOfBones  In this episode, we cover: (00:00) ‘Cave of Bones' is a hit! (02:55) Lee Berger, Explorer in Residence (07:10) Meet Homo naledi (14:09) Extraordinary claims (20:54) The media campaign and the backlash (25:16) The evidence for burial (32:00) The evidence for rock art (40:54) Cave of Insufficient Evidence? This episode was produced by Joel Werner, with help from Wendy Zukerman, Michelle Dang, Rose Rimler, and Nick DelRose. We're edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Diane Kelly. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Bobby Lord, Emma Munger, Peter Leonard, So Wylie, and Bumi Hidaka. Thanks to all the researchers we spoke to including Dr Bridget Alex, Professor Michael Petraglia, Dr Kimberly Foecke, Dr Sven Ouzman, Dr Elizabeth Grace Veatch, Dr Flint Dibble, Professor Tim White, and Professor Bernard Wood. And a big thank you to Lindsey Cherner, Jill Harris, Jack Weinstein, Katie Vines, the Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

South African billionaire Timothy Nash, with the aid of palaeontologist Lee Berger, flew two precious fossils of human ancestors to space, angering the scientific community. ThePrint Pure Science, Sandhya Ramesh explains why. ----more----Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh----more----Sources and further reading: - https://moon.nasa.gov/inside-and-out/composition/water-and-ices/----more----https://www.news9live.com/science/manzinus-and-boguslavsky-exploring-the-lunar-neighborhood-of-chandrayaan-3-and-luna-25-2244652----more----https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/23/17769034/nasa-moon-lunar-water-ice-mining-propellant-depots

L'inhumation d'un mort est très différente de la simple protection d'un cadavre, enterré là où il est décédé, pour le préserver des bêtes sauvages. Cette pratique culturelle, qui s'accompagne d'une certaine ritualisation, suppose une véritable réflexion sur le sens des pratiques funéraires.Les tombes les plus anciennes que les paléontologues aient découvertes dataient, du moins jusqu'ici, d'environ 100.000 ans. Donc bien avant l'ère néolithique, qui a vu la découverte de l'agriculture et la sédentarisation des hommes. On les a trouvées au Proche-Orient.Les hommes de cette époque ne sachant pas écrire (l'écriture sera inventée voilà environ 3.500 ans), ces sépultures ne présentent aucune épitaphe ou inscription. Il n'y a pas non plus de pierre tombale.Certains indices suggèrent que les tombes ont été préparées avec soin. Des objets sont parfois placés dans la sépulture. Est-ce seulement parce que le défunt les affectionnait, ou devaient-ils l'accompagner dans un autre monde, au-delà de cette vie ? Ce sont pour l'instant des questions sans réponse.Des inhumations encore plus précoces ?Mais de récentes trouvailles, par le paléontologue américain Lee Berger, pourraient faire reculer d'au moins 100.000 ans la date de ces premières inhumations.Elles ont été faites en Afrique du Sud et concernent une espèce d'hominidés éteinte, l'homme de Naledi, découvert par Lee Berger en 2015. Si cet homme de petite taille se rattache plutôt aux australopithèques, certains de ses traits le rapprochent tout de même du genre "Homo".Cet homme de Naledi aurait vécu entre moins 335.000 ans et moins 241.000 ans. Or, le paléontologue et son équipe ont découvert, sur un site d'Afrique du Sud, des sortes de chambres, d'un accès difficile.Ils y ont retrouvé les squelettes de personnes soigneusement placées là, en position fœtale. Des trous, creusés dans le sol, ont été retrouvés dans ces chambres, sans qu'on sache s'ils devaient servir de sépultures.On peut également se demander si les gravures peintes sur les parois et les charbons brûlés, retrouvés sur place, ont un rapport avec d'éventuels rituels funéraires. Si c'était le cas, cela montrerait que ces hominidés avaient déjà de véritables capacités cérébrales. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

L'inhumation d'un mort est très différente de la simple protection d'un cadavre, enterré là où il est décédé, pour le préserver des bêtes sauvages. Cette pratique culturelle, qui s'accompagne d'une certaine ritualisation, suppose une véritable réflexion sur le sens des pratiques funéraires. Les tombes les plus anciennes que les paléontologues aient découvertes dataient, du moins jusqu'ici, d'environ 100.000 ans. Donc bien avant l'ère néolithique, qui a vu la découverte de l'agriculture et la sédentarisation des hommes. On les a trouvées au Proche-Orient. Les hommes de cette époque ne sachant pas écrire (l'écriture sera inventée voilà environ 3.500 ans), ces sépultures ne présentent aucune épitaphe ou inscription. Il n'y a pas non plus de pierre tombale. Certains indices suggèrent que les tombes ont été préparées avec soin. Des objets sont parfois placés dans la sépulture. Est-ce seulement parce que le défunt les affectionnait, ou devaient-ils l'accompagner dans un autre monde, au-delà de cette vie ? Ce sont pour l'instant des questions sans réponse. Des inhumations encore plus précoces ? Mais de récentes trouvailles, par le paléontologue américain Lee Berger, pourraient faire reculer d'au moins 100.000 ans la date de ces premières inhumations. Elles ont été faites en Afrique du Sud et concernent une espèce d'hominidés éteinte, l'homme de Naledi, découvert par Lee Berger en 2015. Si cet homme de petite taille se rattache plutôt aux australopithèques, certains de ses traits le rapprochent tout de même du genre "Homo". Cet homme de Naledi aurait vécu entre moins 335.000 ans et moins 241.000 ans. Or, le paléontologue et son équipe ont découvert, sur un site d'Afrique du Sud, des sortes de chambres, d'un accès difficile. Ils y ont retrouvé les squelettes de personnes soigneusement placées là, en position fœtale. Des trous, creusés dans le sol, ont été retrouvés dans ces chambres, sans qu'on sache s'ils devaient servir de sépultures. On peut également se demander si les gravures peintes sur les parois et les charbons brûlés, retrouvés sur place, ont un rapport avec d'éventuels rituels funéraires. Si c'était le cas, cela montrerait que ces hominidés avaient déjà de véritables capacités cérébrales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Seven Ages Audio Journal, the team discusses the latest news out of China concerning recently discovered remains of a possible third human lineage. Next, the team discusses the upcoming Arkhaios Film Festival for cultural heritage and archaeology.  The Seven Ages team is happy to welcome the world-renowned paleoanthropologist Dr. Lee Berger to the show for his first appearance. Dr. Berger joins us to discuss his new book Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins. We also go in-depth on the new Netflix documentary Unknown: Cave of Bones.  Lee Berger is an award-winning paleoanthropologist whose explorations into human origins on the African continent, Asia, and Micronesia for the past three decades have resulted in many new discoveries, including the discovery of two new species of early human relatives – Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi. These discoveries were recognized by the Smithsonian as among the ten most important scientific discoveries of the decade in 2020. A current National Geographic Explorer in Residence, Berger won the first National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Prize in 1997. He was also named the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year in 2016 and two years later, became an Explorer at Large. In 2016 he was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. Berger has held positions at the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa since 1991, where until recently he served as the Phillip Tobias Chair in Human Evolution. He has also served in a number of advisory roles, including the Global Young Academy, the Jane Goodall Institute South Africa, and has chaired the Fulbright Commission. As an Explorer in Residence, Berger leads National Geographic's “Rising Star” project, named for the cave system and fossil site in southern Africa where he conducts his research. Teams under his leadership have recovered more individual hominid remains in sub-equatorial Africa over the last decade than were recovered in the previous 90 years. The 2015 PBS Nova National Geographic documentary "Dawn of Humanity" about Berger's discovery of Homo naledi and the Rising Star expedition was nominated for an Emmy. Berger's curiosity and passion for understanding the roots of humanity powers his work to advance knowledge about the origins of our species. X (Formerly Twitter)  Instagram  Facebook  Seven Ages Official Site  Patreon  Youtube  News and Guest Links:  Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage  Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins Arkhaios Film Festival  

After decades of exploitation, time is running out for the Amazon rainforest. Eight South American nations came together this week for the first time in 14 years in an attempt to draw up a plan for a more sustainable future. The BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson sends us an update on the summit from Belém, Brazil. We also hear from Brazilian scientist Joice Ferreira who tells us why the Amazon is so important for the entire planet. Next up Victoria Gill finds out more about how British Sign Language is adding key scientific concepts to its dictionary in order to open up science communication to a broader community of people. There are still many words and phrases that have not yet been ‘signed'. Now did you know that the inhalers used by asthmatics emit a tiny amount of greenhouse gas with every puff? Victoria speaks to Dr Veena Aggarwal, a GP registrar and former member of Greener NHS, about whether the government's new plan for environmentally friendly inhalers will help. Finally Victoria catches up with palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger. He's written a book that tells a harrowing tale about his trip into a labyrinth of underground tunnels to find out more about an ancient human-like creature called Homo naledi. Presenter: Victoria Gill Producers: Hannah Robins and Harrison Lewis Content producer: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Research: Patrick Hughes Editor: Richard Collings

Tonight I will be giving my take and review of the Netflix documentary “Unknown: Cave of Bones” which follows Palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team as they excavate the Rising Star Cave in South Africa. They have found major discoveries in the cave surrounding the extinct hominin species discovered homo naledi. They found fire/burn pits with animal bones, burials and ritual, cave art, and more. How does this change our view of the origins of metaphysics? LinkTree:  https://linktr.ee/MindEscapePodcast *HERE IS THE LINK TO WATCH “As Within So Without” Director's Cut: https://www.patreon.com/posts/as-within-so-to-80209747?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link *Here is the link to the free version of our documentary on Youtube “As Within So Without: From UFOs to DMT”: https://youtu.be/ao9fyP-lS2I *Here is a link to all of our psychedelic episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLJ-BaaY8oWuaPZBRBTqdFCcvX0x27yPH *Check out our new Merch store. We have some amazing designs for T-shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, Stickers, and more https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mind-escape?ref_id=24655 *If you like our new logo and looking for an artist check out Aubrey at: https://aubreynehring.com/ *Here are the links to Maurice's new music and band: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/3OjyabL62FsmUhKW6SNUdU Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDsH7i057uGTdKEiqRXWcg --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mindescape/support

Dr. Lee Berger (Cave of Bones) and Justin talk about his long and illustrious career as a paleoanthropologist, what it's like to venture into claustrophobic caves of South Africa in search of the remains of proto-human Homo naledi, and what motivates him to put himself through extremes for his work.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

En la Cuna de la Humanidad de Sudáfrica, el paleoantropólogo Lee Berger ha encontrado el cementerio más antiguo del mundo, y no es humano. Si Lee y su equipo pueden demostrar que esta antigua criatura parecida a un simio, de cerebro pequeño, practicaba complejos rituales de entierro, cambiará todo lo que sabemos sobre la evolución de los homínidos y los orígenes de la creencia.

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with paleoanthropologist Lee Berger about his team's amazing discoveries in South Africa's Rising Star cave system and previously unknown extinct species of hominin named Homo naledi. His new book is “Cave of Bones” and it's also the subject of the Netflix documentary “Unknown: Cave of Bones.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Uncovered a decade ago in the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa, Homo Naledi's discovery has impacted paleoanthropology in ways nobody could expect. Upon first discovery, it was assumed this small brained hominid lived millions of years ago - yet when dating of the fossil's was completed, it transpired that Homo Naledi lived at the same time as early Homo Sapiens. So what does this mean for human evolution, and why (and how) were these fossils found so deep inside the Rising Star Cave system?In this episode Tristan welcomes both Dr Lee Berger, and Professor Chris Stringer, to the podcast to talk about the discovery of Homo Naledi, and what it means for paleo-anthropologists and archaeologists around the world. Looking at the wall engravings, charred animal bones, and charcoal discovered - is there evidence that these small brained ancestors had complex thoughts and actions, or is there more yet to be discovered?Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code ANCIENTS. Download the app on your smart TV or in the app store or sign up here.You can take part in our listener survey here.For more Ancient's content, subscribe to our Ancient's newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we have the triumphant return of one of our favorite guests! Prof. Lee Berger is back to talk about some amazing new finds coming out of the Rising Star cave system. We're talking about symbolism, culture, and how it all applies to homo naledi. And don't miss Unknown: Cave of Bones, available right now on Netflix Your Hosts] James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Steffi Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) Our Guest Lee Berger (https://twitter.com/LeeRberger?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) is an award-winning researcher and paleoanthropologist. His explorations into human origins in Africa over the past 25 years have resulted in the discovery of more individual fossil hominin remains than any other exploration program in the history of the search for human origins in Africa. Among Berger's many notable finds, the discoveries of two new species of ancient human relatives are especially noteworthy. In 2008 he found Australopithecus sediba, fossil remains of remarkable completeness that showed an intriguing mix of apelike and humanlike characteristics. In 2013 his team found another new species of ancient human relative, Homo naledi, amid the richest early hominin site yet found in Africa. Berger has served in a number of advisory roles, including the Global Young Academy, the Jane Goodall Institute South Africa, and has chaired the Fulbright Commission. Berger is the Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. A current National Geographic Explorer at Large, Berger won the first National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Prize in 1997. In 2016, he was named the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year and included in Time magazine's list of the world's 100 Most Influential People. [From National Geographic] Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- James Reed Music: - Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License - Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License - Welcome To Jurassic Park by John Williams | ℗ 1993 Geffen Records | Property of Universal Music Group The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family scinight.com (www.scinight.com)

A new study indicates that humans have been slurping up water at such a greedy pace, we're actually causing the Earth to tilt. And this means? Unclear. But to put this into perspective ... we can't. And we're joined once more by Lee Berger, the South Africa-based paleoanthropologist who discovered a species of early human who may have done some things we thought only we can do, but Homo Naledi did them 250,000 years prior. Physically accessing the remains was a harrowing adventure in itself. Plus, what would happen if a dog became President? And the retailer Giant is facing retail theft, but also still wants us to scan our own orange juice.  Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara  Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com  To advertise on the show: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist  Subscribe to our ad-free and/or PescaPlus versions of The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/  Follow Mike's Substack: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Homo Naledi is an extinct species of hominin discovered by a team led by Lee Berger. If Berger is right, Naledi's actions predate a few of the traits we had assumed to be uniquely Homo Sapien. Plus, Donald Trump crinkles paper on tape. And the signs of Generalized Epistemic Degradation.  Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara  Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com  To advertise on the show: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist  Subscribe to our ad-free and/or PescaPlus versions of The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/  Follow Mike's Substack: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A species of ancient human with a brain the size of a chimpanzee's is upending what we thought we knew about human cognition and culture. Recent findings from Lee Berger and his team of palaeontologists suggest our extinct relative, Homo naledi, may have engraved symbols on cave walls and deliberately buried its dead. These people lived some 300,000 years ago and the team discusses the dramatic new findings.Air quality across northern parts of the United States, including New York City, has reached dangerous levels following record-breaking wildfires in Canada. The team in London chat with New York-based reporter James Dinneen about the implications of climate-change-induced events like these. Think a flower can't be scary? Think again! Rowan meets botanical horticulturalist Arnau Ribera-Tort at Kew Gardens in London to discuss the beautiful and ghoulish Ghost Orchid - a plant with no leaves and sheet-white flowers that appear to float in mid-air, and which is blooming in the UK for the first time. Pregnancy sickness is not just unpleasant, it can be dangerous. But new findings are bringing us closer to putting an end to this nauseating part of pregnancy. A large recent study further supports the idea that the hormone responsible for pregnancy sickness, GDF15, may also be the key to preventing it.Finally, Clare and Rowan discuss the growing need for AI to self-identify as non-human, with Chatbots becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from people…On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Clare Wilson, Alice Klein, Michael Le Page and James Dinneen. To read more about the stories, subscribe at newscientist.com/podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kan het zo zijn dat niet wij moderne mensen, maar een andere mensachtige met veel kleinere hersenen de eerste ter wereld was die aan begrafenissen, het maken van werktuigen en kunst deed? Daarover wordt - naar aanleiding van nieuw onderzoek - nu druk gediscussieerd onder archeologen. We bespreken het met onderzoeker Gerrit Dusseldorp van de Universiteit Leiden. Hij kent de groep onderzoekers, is onder de indruk van wat ze hebben gevonden, maar is ook sceptisch over wat de ontdekkingen zeggen over Homo naledi: de menssoort die zo'n 300.000 jaar geleden tegelijk met de moderne mens in Zuid-Afrika rondliep.  Dusseldorp schreef eerder deze paper: Constraining the Likely Technological Niches of Late Middle Pleistocene Hominins with Homo naledi as Case Study, als reactie op een uitdaging van onderzoeker Lee Berger om te verwerpen dat Homo naledi op ons voorliep. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Berger, the National Geographic Explorer in Residence and real-life Indiana Jones, has found remarkable things underground. His discoveries are revolutionising what we understand about our own origins

Lee Berger, the National Geographic Explorer in Residence and real-life Indiana Jones, has found remarkable things underground. His discoveries are revolutionising what we understand about our own origins

The big cyberlaw story of the week is the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Google and the many hats it wears in the online ad ecosystem. Lee Berger explains the Justice Department's theory, which is not dissimilar to the Texas attorney general's two-year-old claims. When you have lost both the Biden administration and the Texas attorney general, I suggest, you cannot look too many places for friends—and certainly not to Brussels, which is also pursuing similar claims of its own. So what is the Justice Department's late-to-the-party contribution? At least two things, Lee suggests: a jury demand that will put all those complex Borkian consumer-welfare doctrines in front of a northern Virginia jury and a “rocket docket” that will allow Justice to catch up with and maybe lap the other lawsuits against the company. This case looks as though it will be long and ugly for Google, unless it turns out to be short and ugly. Mark reminds us that, for the Justice Department, finding an effective remedy may be harder than proving anticompetitive conduct. Nathan Simington assesses the administration's announced deal with Japan and the Netherlands to enforce a tougher decoupling policy against China's semiconductor makers. Details are still a little sparse, but some kind of deal was essential for the United States. But for Japan and the Netherlands, the details are critical, and any arrangement will require flexibility and sophistication on the part of the Commerce Department.  Megan Stifel and I chew over the Justice Department/FBI victory lap after putting a stick in the spokes of The Hive ransomware infrastructure. We agree that the lap was warranted. Among other things, the FBI handled its access to decryption keys with more care than in the past, providing them to many victims before taking down a big chunk of the ransomware gang's tools. The bad news? Nobody was arrested, and the infrastructure can probably be reconstituted in the near term. Here is an evergreen headline: “Facebook is going to reinstate Donald Trump's account.” That could be the opening line of any story in the last few months, and that is probably Facebook's strategy—a long, teasing dance of seven veils so that by the time Trump starts posting, it will be old news. If that is Facebook's PR strategy, it is working, Mark MacCarthy reports. Nobody much cares, and they certainly do not seem to be mad at Facebook. So the company is out of the woods, and they have left the ex-president on the receiving end of a blow to the ego that is bound to sting. Megan has more good news on the cybercrime front: The FBI identified the North Korean hacking group that stole $100 million in crypto last year—and may have kept the regime from getting its hands on any of the funds.  Nathan unpacks two competing news stories. First, “OMG, ChatGPT will help bad guys write malware.” Second: “OMG, ChatGPT will help good guys find and fix security holes.” He thinks they are both a bit overwrought, but maybe a glimpse of the future. Mark and Megan explain TikTok's new offer to Washington. Megan also covers Congress's “TayTay v. Ticketmaster” hearing after disclosing her personal conflict of interest. Nathan answers my question: how can the FAA be so good a preventing airliners from crashing and so bad at preventing its systems from crashing? The ensuing discussion turns up more on-point bathroom humor than anyone would have expected.    In quick hits, I cover three stories: First, my complaint about Gen. Milley's egregious and self-admitted overclassification of January 6th records. And the prospect that he may be investigated for it.  Next, the delightful Iran-Iraq War pity-they-cannot-both-lose fight between James Dolan, the owner of Madison Square Garden, and the lawyers he his's barred from the Garden. In a tactic that reminds me of Donald Trump, Dolan is doubling down on confrontation despite the mounting legal troubles it's created. My explanation? I am betting both men have Daddy issues.  Finally, Google has won at least one victory in Washington this week: It outmaneuvered the Republican effort to score points against Google in the scandal over Gmail's partisan spam filtering Download 440th Episode (mp3)  You can subscribe to The Cyberlaw Podcast using iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or our RSS feed. As always, The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Be sure to engage with @stewartbaker on Twitter. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for topics or interviewees to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com. Remember: If your suggested guest appears on the show, we will send you a highly coveted Cyberlaw Podcast mug! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.

The big cyberlaw story of the week is the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Google and the many hats it wears in the online ad ecosystem. Lee Berger explains the Justice Department's theory, which is not dissimilar to the Texas attorney general's two-year-old claims. When you have lost both the Biden administration and the Texas attorney general, I suggest, you cannot look too many places for friends—and certainly not to Brussels, which is also pursuing similar claims of its own. So what is the Justice Department's late-to-the-party contribution? At least two things, Lee suggests: a jury demand that will put all those complex Borkian consumer-welfare doctrines in front of a northern Virginia jury and a “rocket docket” that will allow Justice to catch up with and maybe lap the other lawsuits against the company. This case looks as though it will be long and ugly for Google, unless it turns out to be short and ugly. Mark reminds us that, for the Justice Department, finding an effective remedy may be harder than proving anticompetitive conduct. Nathan Simington assesses the administration's announced deal with Japan and the Netherlands to enforce a tougher decoupling policy against China's semiconductor makers. Details are still a little sparse, but some kind of deal was essential for the United States. But for Japan and the Netherlands, the details are critical, and any arrangement will require flexibility and sophistication on the part of the Commerce Department.  Megan Stifel and I chew over the Justice Department/FBI victory lap after putting a stick in the spokes of The Hive ransomware infrastructure. We agree that the lap was warranted. Among other things, the FBI handled its access to decryption keys with more care than in the past, providing them to many victims before taking down a big chunk of the ransomware gang's tools. The bad news? Nobody was arrested, and the infrastructure can probably be reconstituted in the near term. Here is an evergreen headline: “Facebook is going to reinstate Donald Trump's account.” That could be the opening line of any story in the last few months, and that is probably Facebook's strategy—a long, teasing dance of seven veils so that by the time Trump starts posting, it will be old news. If that is Facebook's PR strategy, it is working, Mark MacCarthy reports. Nobody much cares, and they certainly do not seem to be mad at Facebook. So the company is out of the woods, and they have left the ex-president on the receiving end of a blow to the ego that is bound to sting. Megan has more good news on the cybercrime front: The FBI identified the North Korean hacking group that stole $100 million in crypto last year—and may have kept the regime from getting its hands on any of the funds.  Nathan unpacks two competing news stories. First, “OMG, ChatGPT will help bad guys write malware.” Second: “OMG, ChatGPT will help good guys find and fix security holes.” He thinks they are both a bit overwrought, but maybe a glimpse of the future. Mark and Megan explain TikTok's new offer to Washington. Megan also covers Congress's “TayTay v. Ticketmaster” hearing after disclosing her personal conflict of interest. Nathan answers my question: how can the FAA be so good a preventing airliners from crashing and so bad at preventing its systems from crashing? The ensuing discussion turns up more on-point bathroom humor than anyone would have expected.    In quick hits, I cover three stories: First, my complaint about Gen. Milley's egregious and self-admitted overclassification of January 6th records. And the prospect that he may be investigated for it.  Next, the delightful Iran-Iraq War pity-they-cannot-both-lose fight between James Dolan, the owner of Madison Square Garden, and the lawyers he his's barred from the Garden. In a tactic that reminds me of Donald Trump, Dolan is doubling down on confrontation despite the mounting legal troubles it's created. My explanation? I am betting both men have Daddy issues.  Finally, Google has won at least one victory in Washington this week: It outmaneuvered the Republican effort to score points against Google in the scandal over Gmail's partisan spam filtering Download 440th Episode (mp3)  You can subscribe to The Cyberlaw Podcast using iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or our RSS feed. As always, The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Be sure to engage with @stewartbaker on Twitter. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for topics or interviewees to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com. Remember: If your suggested guest appears on the show, we will send you a highly coveted Cyberlaw Podcast mug! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.

L'une des plus prestigieuses universités du continent africain fête ses 100 ans : l'Université du Witwatersrand, située dans le centre de Johannesburg, en Afrique du Sud. Plus communément appelée « Wits », l'université regroupe cinq facultés sur 400 hectares, regroupées en deux campus. Elle accueille aujourd'hui 40 000 étudiants. Conçue à l'origine pour soutenir l'industrie minière dans ses recherches, Wits a su élargir ses domaines de recherches et devenir une référence dans le monde. De notre correspondant à Johannesburg, Le monde sous-terrain est un domaine de recherche très bien représenté à Wits. D'un côté les mines, de l'autre la paléontologie. Une science incarnée par le professeur Lee Berger, star dans son domaine. Lee Berger et ses équipes ont notamment découvert l'australopithèque sediba en 2008. « Vous avez devant vous plus de la moitié des fossiles humains découverts en Afrique qui sont conservés dans cette pièce, présente-t-il. Sediba dans cette boîte là-bas, Homo naledi ici, parmi beaucoup d'autres. Ce sont parmi les objets les plus rares et les plus précieux de la planète. » « Université de classe mondiale » Habillée d'une chemise noire brodée National Geographic, cet explorateur d'origine américaine s'est fait un nom en Afrique du Sud, à Wits. Il ne se voit pas ailleurs : « Nous sommes ici en Afrique dans une université de classe mondiale, capable de mener ce genre de recherches. On ne peut pas faire ça ailleurs dans le monde. Quand je vois comment c'est aux États-Unis, je préfère rester un visiteur. » Wits n'aurait rien à envier aux autres universités. Elle veut maintenant renforcer son influence sur le continent. « Notre objectif est d'atteindre l'Afrique francophone. Wits se voit comme un endroit où l'on peut transcender les frontières artificielles qui séparent l'Afrique anglophone, francophone, lusophone et arabophone », explique Zeblon Vilakazi, vice-chancelier. ► À lire aussi : Afrique du Sud: la rentrée universitaire perturbée par la dette des étudiants À l'étage des sciences sociales, il y a un professeur qui illustre les ramifications de Wits à travers le monde. Le professeur Achille Mbembe. D'origine camerounaise, influent en France, ancien enseignant aux États-Unis et professeur à Wits depuis 2001. Achille Mbembe a trouvé l'écrin idéal pour ses recherches : « Nous faisons partie des grands réseaux de circulation des idées à l'échelle internationale, disons dans le domaine des sciences humaines et des sciences sociales. Alors tout cela montre qu'on peut vivre et travailler à partir de l'Afrique, tout en ayant un rayonnement qui dépasse l'Afrique du Sud en tant que telle et le continent lui-même. » Achille Mbembe observe l'avenir avec inquiétude. La poussée du sentiment xénophobe en Afrique du Sud, alimentée par le gouvernement, risque de porter atteinte au projet panafricaniste de Wits et à son influence dans le monde.

This week we're extremely excited to bring you our conversation with the incredible Prof. Lee Berger. He shares stories from his work, and we talk about his efforts to include new people in his discipline and make his science more accessible to everyone. In the news, we talk about a sharcano, and dynamic dinos. Your Hosts] James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Steffi Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) Our Guest Lee Berger (https://twitter.com/LeeRberger?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) is an award-winning researcher and paleoanthropologist. His explorations into human origins in Africa over the past 25 years have resulted in the discovery of more individual fossil hominin remains than any other exploration program in the history of the search for human origins in Africa. Among Berger's many notable finds, the discoveries of two new species of ancient human relatives are especially noteworthy. In 2008 he found Australopithecus sediba, fossil remains of remarkable completeness that showed an intriguing mix of apelike and humanlike characteristics. In 2013 his team found another new species of ancient human relative, Homo naledi, amid the richest early hominin site yet found in Africa. Berger has served in a number of advisory roles, including the Global Young Academy, the Jane Goodall Institute South Africa, and has chaired the Fulbright Commission. Berger is the Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. A current National Geographic Explorer at Large, Berger won the first National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Prize in 1997. In 2016, he was named the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year and included in Time magazine's list of the world's 100 Most Influential People. [From National Geographic] Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- James Reed Music: - Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License - Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License - Welcome To Jurassic Park by John Williams | ℗ 1993 Geffen Records | Property of Universal Music Group The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family scinight.com (www.scinight.com)

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, TreasuryONE's Andre Cilliers assesses the impact on the Rand of last week's interest rate hike; SA's favourite stockbroker David Shapiro unpacks today's financial results from Naspers and Prosus; Wits University's world famous anthropologist Prof Lee Berger talks about another groundbreaking discovery at the Cradle of Humankind in Gauteng; ; - the man touted globally as having discovered this entirely new species of hominid in the Cradle of Humankind; and Jeremy Maggs chats to Arné Rust - Brand Director of Carling Black Label on the controversial 'GBV-proof' wedding dress.

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 gold age of paleoanthropology. USEFUL LINKS:Download the podcast & follow Nick at his website[www.nickjikomes.com]Support the show on Patreon & get early access to episodes[https://www.patreon.com/nickjikomes]Sign up for the weekly Mind & Matter newsletter[https://mindandmatter.substack.com/]Athletic Greens, comprehensive daily nutrition (Free 1-year supply of Vitamin D w/ purchase)[https://www.athleticgreens.com/mindandmatter]Try MUD/WTR, a mushroom-based coffee alternative[https://www.mudwtr.com/mindmatter]Discount Code ($5 off) = MINDMATTEROrganize your digital highlights & notes w/ Readwise (2 months free w/ subscription)[https://readwise.io/nickjikomes/]Start your own podcast (get $20 Amazon gift card after signup)[https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1507198]Buy Mind & Matter T-Shirts[https://www.etsy.com/shop/OURMIND?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1036758072§ion_id=34648633]Connect with Nick Jikomes on Twitter[https://twitter.com/trikomes]​​​Learn more about our podcast sponsor, Dosist[https://dosist.com/]ABOUT Nick Jikomes:Nick is a neuroscientist and podcast host. He is currently Director of Science & Innovation at Leafly, a technology startup in the legal cannabis industry. He received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University and a B.S. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/nickjikomes)

Last week two new hominin fossils were published in the scientific literature, and extensively reported on in the media. “Dragon Man”, discovered in Harbin, China, and dating to 140,000 years ago is claimed to be a new species that is the closest to the modern human lineage. Meanwhile, the hominin discovered at Nesha Ramla in Israel dates to 120,000-140,000 years ago, and it seems most similar to Neanderthals (though its tools are no different from modern humans to the south and west in Africa). I've given some thought to the implications of these results, and how to interpret them. But I wanted to get the sense of another geneticist, my friend Vagheesh Narasimhan. I've talked to Vagheesh before in relation to his blockbuster paper, The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia. My goal for this podcast was to “nerd out” on human evolution from a genomics perspective, and see if he had the same impressions that I did of these papers. Vagheesh Narasimhan We discussed population structure in Denisovans, the importance of ancient DNA and proteins, whether the “Out of Africa” theory even makes sense, as well as new work on methylation patterns in the genome and predicting physical characteristics. I did bring up statistical power in “skull science,” and both of us expounded on why DNA, in particular, is so powerful as a method of inference in comparison to traditional morphology. It was an hour spent slashing back and forth across these two papers and circling around from a genetic perspective. Both of us agreed that we can't conclude Dragon Man is closest to modern humans. Past paleoanthropology podcasts: Chris Stringer: 1,000,000 years of human evolution Chris Stringer on paleoanthropology in 2020 Chris Stringer and The Human Revolution Multiregionalism is Dead...Long Live Multiregionalism! A conversation with John Hawks: a life in paleoanthropology John Hawks on Neanderthals: part 1, part 2 Lee Berger and the Dawn of "Big Data" in Paleoanthropology

In this episode we cover: #1: Elevational changes in the avian community of a Mesoamerican cloud forest park Authors: Montague H.C. Neate-Clegg, Samuel E. I. Jones, Oliver Burdekin, Merlijn Jocque, & Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu Journal: Biotropica Year: 2018 Full Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12596 #2. Presence of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in rainwater suggests aerial dispersal is possible Authors: Jonathan E. Kolby, Sara D. Ramirez, Lee Berger, Dale W. Griffin, Merlijn Jocque, & Lee F. Skerratt Journal: Aerobiologia Year: 2015 Full Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10453-015-9374-6

Quite a few episodes back, I produced a show that looked at a new hominin species discovered in 2013. This history-changing discovery happened when paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, assisted by cavers Rick Hunter and Steve Tucker, explored the Rising Star Cave in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. I thought it’s about time we revisited that earlier hominin species. Think of it as an update on what science has to say about them now.   For show notes and more, please visit https://EvolutionTalk.com Written, Produced, & Narrated by: Rick Coste

Covid-19 is forcing educators to re-think centuries of teaching traditions and develop new ways to provide a rich but safe student experience. Jim Gazzard leads Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). He joined palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger and Theo Bloom to speak with Chris Smith about how adult education and training are evolving rapidly... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Covid-19 is forcing educators to re-think centuries of teaching traditions and develop new ways to provide a rich but safe student experience. Jim Gazzard leads Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). He joined palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger and Theo Bloom to speak with Chris Smith about how adult education and training are evolving rapidly... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week Chris is joined by top palaeontologist Lee Berger and BMJ executive editor Theo Bloom to dissect the science behind the headlines. As Donald Trump recovers from his coronavirus infection, what experimental treatments has he received, and what have we learned about managing COVID since the pandemic started? The Nobel Prizes are out: who's won what? And David Attenborough's new film has launched: we talk to the executive producer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week Chris is joined by top palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger and BMJ executive editor Theo Bloom to dissect the science behind the headlines. As Donald Trump recovers from his coronavirus infection, what experimental treatments has he received, and what have we learned about managing COVID since the pandemic started? The Nobel Prizes are out: who's won what? And David Attenborough's new film has launched; we talk to the executive producer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Paleoanthropologist Dr. Lee Berger of Johannesburg South Africa has received many honors for his work in the field. See the full show notes here: https://www.thelindberghs.com/17  

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science's relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science's relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science’s relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science’s relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science’s relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science’s relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science’s relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and the challenge of rethinking anthropological science’s relationship with indigenous peoples and the general public. Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is author (with Lee Berger) of Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (National Geographic, 2017). Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitch with Professor Lee Berger

Photo-illustrated interview with MATTHEW BERGER on his role in the two greatest Human Origins discoveries of recent years.MARK from Evolution Soup talks with Matthew about both Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi - two new hominid species found in South Africa in 2008 & 2013 respectively, when Matthew was still a child. In both cases, Matthew had a big role in these finds as part of the teams led by his father - paleoanthropologist Lee Berger.02:03 'Semester at Sea' - Traveling the World04:21 Finding Australopithecus sediba12:30 Finding Homo naledi29:16 Being in the SpotlightLink to original interview video: http://bit.ly/2Jnt15uLINKS FOR MATTHEW BERGER:Instagram: @mattybergerTwitter @matty_berger982019 BBC World Service Radio Interview - 'The boy who made a two million-year-old discovery': https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07d192lPublications by Lee Berger, at ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lee_BergerProf Lee Berger Instagram: @profleeberger#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #artwork #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #Neanderthal #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #genus #species #africa #skull #skulls #naturalselection #lucy #paleontology #sediba #naledi #leeberger #mattyberger #humanevolution---------------EVOLUTION SOUPYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/evolutionsoupFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionsoup/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/evolutionsoup/Instagram: @evolution_soupRSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/354743.rssTALK BELIEFSFollow @TalkBeliefs on Twitter! Join the Talk Beliefs Facebook Group http://bit.ly/2fCRLLF Follow the Talk Beliefs Facebook Page: http://fb.me/talkbeliefsPinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/talkbeliefs/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkbeliefs/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2279893&ty=h&u=2279893)

Lee Berger sits down with Razib and Spencer to discuss his work in paleoanthropology, the discovery of Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, and the new era of "big data" in a field previously characterized by relatively few well-studied hominin specimens.

A saga about beguiling bones, big egos and the thrill of discovery.

Everyone's favourite fungus is the topic of this week’s episode – Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, otherwise known as Bd or Chytrid. We discuss some of the ways it spreads and a little about the frogs it affects. Species of the Bi-week is back and this time coming out of Amazonia. FULL REFERENCE LIST AVAILABLE AT: herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Kolby, Jonathan E., Sara D. Ramirez, Lee Berger, Kathryn L. Richards-Hrdlicka, Merlijn Jocque, and Lee F. Skerratt. 2015. “Terrestrial Dispersal and Potential Environmental Transmission of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis).” PLoS ONE 10 (4): 1–13. Barrio-Amorós, César L., Christoph I. Grünwald, Héctor Franz-Chávez, Ángela María Mendoza, and Brandon Thomas La Forest. 2016. “Notes on Natural History and Call Description of the Critically Endangered Plectrohyla Avia (Anura: Hylidae) from Chiapas , Mexico.” Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 10 (2): 11–17. Species of the Bi-Week: Peloso, Pedro L.V., Victor G.D. Orrico, Célio F.B. Haddad, Geraldo R. Lima-Filho, and Marcelo J. Sturaro. 2016. “A New Species of Clown Tree Frog, Dendropsophus Leucophyllatus Species Group, from Amazonia (Anura, Hylidae).” South American Journal of Herpetology 11 (1): 66–80. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Arnold, S.J., 1976. "Sexual behavior, sexual interference and sexual defense in the salamanders Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma tigrinum and Plethodon jordani." Ethology, 42(3): 247-300. Blooi, Mark, An Martel, Francis Vercammen, and Frank Pasmans. 2013. “Combining Ethidium Monoazide Treatment with Real-Time PCR Selectively Quantifies Viable Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis Cells.” Fungal Biology 117 (2): 156–62. Gower, D.J., Doherty-Bone, T., Loader, S.P., Wilkinson, M., Kouete, M.T., Tapley, B., Orton, F., Daniel, O.Z., Wynne, F., Flach, E. and Müller, H., 2013. "Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection and lethal chytridiomycosis in caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona)." EcoHealth, 10(2):173-183. Iwai, N., 2013. "Morphology, function and evolution of the pseudothumb in the Otton frog." Journal of Zoology, 289(2): 127-133. Kolby, Jonathan E., Sara D. Ramirez, Lee Berger, Dale W. Griffin, Merlijn Jocque, and Lee F. Skerratt. 2015. “Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis) in Rainwater Suggests Aerial Dispersal Is Possible.” Aerobiologia 31 (3): 411–19. doi:10.1007/s10453-015-9374-6. Liew, Nicole, Maria J. Mazon Moya, Claudia J. Wierzbicki, Michael Hollinshead, Michael J. Dillon, Christopher R. Thornton, Amy Ellison, Jo Cable, Matthew C. Fisher, and Serge Mostowy. 2017. “Chytrid Fungus Infection in Zebrafish Demonstrates That the Pathogen Can Parasitize Non-Amphibian Vertebrate Hosts.” Nature Communications 8 (April). Nature Publishing Group: 15048. Lips, Karen R. 2016. “Overview of Chytrid Emergence and Impacts on Amphibians.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 (1709): 20150465. Longcore, J.E., Pessier, A.P. and Nichols, D.K., 1999. "Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis gen. et sp. nov., a chytrid pathogenic to amphibians." Mycologia: 219-227. Olson, Deanna H., David M. Aanensen, Kathryn L. Ronnenberg, Christopher I. Powell, Susan F. Walker, Jon Bielby, Trenton W.J. Garner, George Weaver, and Matthew C. Fisher. 2013. “Mapping the Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus.” PLoS ONE 8 (2). Van Rooij, Pascale, Frank Pasmans, Yanaika Coen, and An Martel. 2017. “Efficacy of Chemical Disinfectants for the Containment of the Salamander Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans.” PloS One 12 (10): e0186269. Other Links/Mentions: Video of Plectrohyla Avia from Barrio-Amorós et al. (2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa2O-BguqOY&feature=youtu.be Salamander courtship with pheromone transmission - http://plethodon.science.oregonstate.edu/video/shermani%20slapping.avi HARCC are mid fundraiser - go to frogrescue.com Music – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

It's not every day you see a Facebook post that changes your life, but that's exactly what happened to Leakey Foundation grantee Alia Gurtov. Gurtov was checking her Facebook feed one morning and saw a post from paleoanthropologist Lee Berger. He was looking for archaeologists who were "...skinny and preferably small. They must not be claustrophobic, they must be fit, they should have some caving experience, climbing experience would be a bonus. They must be willing to work in cramped quarters, have a good attitude and be a team player." Gurtov had never seen a job description that fit her more perfectly. A few weeks later she was in South Africa, inside a cave chamber strewn with ancient bones. The fossils she helped recover have changed the story of human evolution and added a strange new relative to our family tree. Thanks to Leakey Foundation grantees Alia Gurtov and Will Harcourt-Smith for sharing their stories. You can learn more at leakeyfoundation.org. The Leakey Foundation Origin Stories is a project of The Leakey Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding human origins research and outreach. The Leakey Foundation had 12 grantees who participated in the Homo naledi research. Support this show and the science we talk about with a tax-deductible donation. Thanks to a generous supporter, your donation will automatically be doubled! Links Check out the complete show notes and bonus material at leakeyfoundation.org   Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa 3D models of the Homo naledi fossils "This Face Changes the Human Story. But, How?" National Geographic. "The Dawn of Humanity." NOVA/National Geographic.  Credits Editor: Julia Barton Host and Series Producer: Meredith Johnson Associate Producer: Shuka Kalantari Sound Design: Katie McMurran Theme Music: Henry Nagle Intern: Yuka Oiwa Additional Music: Tech Toys by Lee Rosevere Sponsors This season of Origin Stories is made possible by support from Dixon Long.  We are also brought to you with support from Audible.com, the internet's leading provider of spoken-word entertainment. Our listeners get a 30-day free trial and free audiobook download at audibletrial.com/originstories Transcripts are provided by Adept Word Management. They are a small, family-run business based in Houston, Texas. They have been long-time supporters of this show and they were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Please visit Adept Word Management for your transcription needs. Get Social We'd love to connect with you on Twitter and Facebook. Please say hi and let us know what you think of the show! If you like the show, please leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts. It's the best way to help other people find the show and we really appreciate it. 

A saga about beguiling bones, big egos and the thrill of discovery.

Betsy Borns interviews world-renowned paleoanthropologist, Lee Berger. Berger is best known for his spectacular discoveries of Australopithecus sediba which introduced the world to a new species of early human, and Homo naledi which signaled a profound change in our understanding of evolution. They discuss finding fossils with Lee's 9-year-old son, and how it feels winning the scientific lottery. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hominin remains were discovered in October, 2013 within the Rising Star cave system, inside the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, South Africa. Lee Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand organized excavations with a skilled team of archaeologists and support of local cavers, which have to date uncovered 1550 hominin skeletal specimens. The hominin remains represent a minimum of 15 individuals of a previously undiscovered hominin species, which we have named Homo naledi. Aside from its subtantially smaller brain, H. naledi is cranially similar to early Homo species such as Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and early Homo erectus, but its postcranial anatomy presents a mosaic that has never before been observed, including very humanlike feet and lower legs, a primitive australopith-like pelvis and proximal femur, primitive ribcage and shoulder configuration, generally humanlike wrists and hand proportions, combined with very curved fingers and a powerful thumb. The geological age of the fossils is not yet known. The Dinaledi Chamber contains no macrofauna other than the hominin remains, and geological study of the cave system rules out most hypotheses for the deposition of the hominin bone, including predator or scavenger accumulation, catastrophic death, and flood accumulation. Our preferred hypothesis for the hominin assemblage is deliberate deposition by H. naledi itself. This presentation will review Homo naledi from the initial discovery of the fossils to their interpretation and their relevance to understanding the evolution of human behavior. (February 25, 2016)

Hominin remains were discovered in October, 2013 within the Rising Star cave system, inside the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, South Africa. Lee Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand organized excavations with a skilled team of archaeologists and support of local cavers, which have to date uncovered 1550 hominin skeletal specimens. The hominin remains represent a minimum of 15 individuals of a previously undiscovered hominin species, which we have named Homo naledi. Aside from its subtantially smaller brain, H. naledi is cranially similar to early Homo species such as Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and early Homo erectus, but its postcranial anatomy presents a mosaic that has never before been observed, including very humanlike feet and lower legs, a primitive australopith-like pelvis and proximal femur, primitive ribcage and shoulder configuration, generally humanlike wrists and hand proportions, combined with very curved fingers and a powerful thumb. The geological age of the fossils is not yet known. The Dinaledi Chamber contains no macrofauna other than the hominin remains, and geological study of the cave system rules out most hypotheses for the deposition of the hominin bone, including predator or scavenger accumulation, catastrophic death, and flood accumulation. Our preferred hypothesis for the hominin assemblage is deliberate deposition by H. naledi itself. This presentation will review Homo naledi from the initial discovery of the fossils to their interpretation and their relevance to understanding the evolution of human behavior. (February 25, 2016)

WiTcast - Win & Fail 2015 / WiTapp / โปรเจ็ค WitThai สปอนเซอร์โดย สกว./ WiTshop / WiT Quizzz Special ข่าวเด่น 2015 + ข่าวใหม่มกราคม 2016   SHOW NOTE สินค้า WiTshop   พรีวิวหน้าตา WiTapp ที่กำลังสร้าง  WiT Quizzz Special คำถามที่เป็นข่าวเก่าทั้งหมดยกมาจาก quiz ที่เว็บนี้สร้างไว้ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-14/quiz-big-science-stories-of-2015/7022380 1. ปีที่ผ่านมา 2015 นานาชาติกำหนดให้เป็นปีแห่งอะไร? A Crystallography B Light C Pulses D Sustainable energy เฉลย B ปีแห่งแสง 2. ในปี 2015 นักวิทย์ค้นพบอะไรใหม่ เป็นครั้งแรกในรอบ 30 ปี A feathered dinosaur B exoplanet C antibiotics D gene for Happiness เฉลย C ยาปฏิชีวนะ teixobactin-1,2,3,4,5 3. บรอนโตซอรัส เป็นชื่อที่กลับมาได้รับการยอมรับอีกครั้ง หลังจากเลิกใช้ไปเกือบ 100 ปี / คำถาม: ในปี 1903 ชื่อบรอนโตซอรัสถูกยกเลิกไปเพราะอะไร A เพราะลักษณะใกล้เคียงกับอีกพันธุ์ที่ชื่อ Apatosaurus มากไป B เพราะชื่อติดหูเกินไปจนคนไม่ยอมสนใจไดโนเสาร์พันธุ์อื่น C เพราะพบว่าฟอสซิลเป็นของปลอม D เพราะชิ้นส่วนที่พบมีจำนวนน้อยเกินกว่าจะยืนยันว่าเป็นไดโนเสาร์จริง เฉลย A เพราะลักษณะใกล้เคียงกับอีกพันธุ์ที่ชื่อ Apatosaurus มากไป / ปัจจุบันมีตัวอย่างฟอสซิลพอยันว่าเป็นอีกชนิดนึงจริงๆ ได้ชื่อกลับคืนมาแล้ว -1,2,3,4   4. นักวิทย์ชาวจีน จุดชนวนดราม่าช่วงต้นปี เพราะทดลองหรือค้นพบอะไร? A ทดลอง edit DNA ในตัวอ่อนมนุษย์ B ค้นพบไดโนเสาร์ที่ไม่มีขน C สังเคราะห์ฝิ่นจากยีสต์ D อ้างว่าค้นพบหลักฐานยืนยัน Gravitational Waves เฉลย A ทดลอง edit DNA ในตัวอ่อนมนุษย์-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 5. ในโลกเรามีปลาชื่อโอ๊ปป้า (opah fish) ซึ่งโด่งดังจากเรื่องอะไร ? A เป็นปลาที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในโลก B เป็นปลาที่ดำน้ำได้ลึกที่สุด C พบเฉพาะที่ Great Barrier Reef เท่านั้น D เป็นปลาเลือดอุ่น D เป็นปลาเลือดอุ่น -1,2,3,4,5   6. ข่าวใหม่ 2016 / ล่าสุด เดือนมกรานี้เอง แวดวงสำรวจอวกาศมีการค้นพบอะไร? A ดาวเคราะห์ดวงใหม่ B สสารมืด C พลังด้านมืด D ธาตุใหม่ 4 ธาตุ เฉลย A ดาวเคราะห์ดวงใหม่ - Planet 9 -1,2,3,4,5 ส่วนธาตุใหม่ 4 ธาตุมีดังนี้ -1,2,3 ununtrium, (Uut or element 113) ununpentium (Uup, element 115) ununseptium (Uus, element 117) ununoctium (Uuo, element 118).   รอบโบนุส!!!! 7. การโฉบเยือนพลูโตของยานนิวฮอไรซั่น ส่งภาพดาวเคราะห์แคระและดวงจันทร์บริวารกลับมามากมาย คำถาม: ดวงจันทร์นั้นมีชื่อว่าอะไร A Nix B Charon C Styx D Kereberos เฉลย B Charon 8. ปลายปี มีการค้นพบกรุกระดูกมนุษย์โบราณสายพันธุ์ใหม่ในถ้ำที่แอฟริกาใต้ มนุษย์สายพันธุ์นี้มีชื่อว่า A Homo habilis B Australopithecus dyiremeda C Homo naledi D Australopithecus aferensis เฉลย C Homo naledi -1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 เสริมนิดนะฮะ - ในตอนปป.บอกว่าผู้ค้นพบเป็นผู้ชาย ส่วนอาบันบอกเป็นผู้หญิง จริงๆ คือที่พบคนแรกสุดเป็นสองหนุ่มนักลุยถ้ำชื่อ Rick Hunter กับ Steven Tucker ตามนั้น(รูปบน) ส่วนทีมนักวิจัยที่เกณฑ์กันลงไปขุดกระดูกออกมาภายหลังเป็นทีมหญิงล้วน (รูปล่าง) เพราะอาศัยเรือนร่างเพรียวบางมุดสะดวก และโปรเจ็คทั้งหมดนี้เกิดขึ้นภายใต้การนำของบอสใหญ่ทางวิชาการคือคุณ Lee Berger อีกที  (รูปล่างไปอีก ที่ถือกระดูกมือ)   9. ปลายปี NASA ประกาศการค้นพบ “ครั้งใหญ่” บนดาวอังคาร การค้นพบนั้นคือ A เอเลี่ยน B แม็ต เดม่อน C ร่องรอยการไหลของน้ำ D ชั้นบรรยากาศหนาแน่น เฉลย C  ร่องรอยการไหลของน้ำ อันนี้ WiTcast เคยรายงานละเอียดไว้แล้ว เชิญย้อนดูย้อนฟังได้ใน ep.35.1 หมดรอบ โบนุส!!!! 10.ในปี 2015 เราฉลองครบรอบ 100 ปี ทฤษฎีสัมพัทธภาพทั่วไปของไอน์สไตน์ / ใจความของทฤษฎีนั้นคือ A gravity เกิดจากความโค้งของ space-time B E=Mc2 C การแยกอะตอมจะปลดปล่อยพลังงานมหาศาล D ธรรมชาติของแสงเป็นได้ทั้งคลื่นและอนุภาค เฉลย A gravity เกิดจากความโค้งของ space-time -1,2,3 11. ข่าวใหม่ / 3D printing ข้อใดไม่จริง A บริษัทโชว์ 3D ปรินต์ใช้วัสดุที่ทำจาก asteroid B 4D print เปลี่ยนรูปร่างได้ / แรงบันดาลใจจากกลีบกล้วยไม้ C เทคโนโลยี 3D Bio-print ปรินต์เซลออกมาเป็นปอด และผ่าตัดเปลี่ยนใส่ให้คนไข้ได้สำเร็จเป็นครั้งแรก D ทีมวิจัยสร้างหัวปรินต์จิ๋ว 3D microprint ความละเอียด 800 nm/pixel ปรินต์วั...

Lee Berger has made two extraordinary scientific breakthroughs that are transforming our understanding of human evolution. Berger is a trailblazing paleoanthropologist. His most recent discovery involved a dramatic expedition through a 7-inch tunnel, deep inside the chamber of a South African cave. On the floor were thousands of bones, belonging to an unknown species of human relative that Berger has named “Homo naledi.” Berger explains why he believes that Homo naledi was intentionally disposing of its dead (a practice thought to be exclusively human), and he discusses his lifelong passion for adventure.

This week we look at confronting health science, controversial paelontology and confusing physiology.You may have heard of the World Health Organisation's landmark study which puts processed meats such as bacon, sausage and ham alongside tobacco and asbestos as a class 1 cancer causing substance. But what what does this classification really mean for lovers of small goods and what other scientific studies can help inform whether to choose an extra side of bacon at brunch?Also this week, we take a second look into the discovery of Homo naledi, but this time the controversy surrounding the discovery. Unlike some paeleontologists who jealously guard their work, Lee Berger published quickly to an open source journal, and has made the 3D model of Homo naledi's fossilised skeleton available for download around the world. But not everyone in the field agrees with his modern approach to this prehistoric science. And finally, did you know Willy Wonka's oompa loompas are a reality for some people who eat too many carrots? We look at how vegetable pigments can change your colour from the inside out. 

Founder of the Kara Institute, Mathole Motshekga, says Lee Berger and other paleoanthropologists who linked the recently discovered fossils to human ancestry are wrong because they failed to consider indigenous knowledge in their conclusions. He referred to the fossils of Homo Naledi as being those of baboons or monkeys, and says the science behind the conclusion of being connected to human beings as speculative, without basis. Motshekga says South Africans should not celebrate as they are meant to insult, particularly Africans.

As the discovery was unlike anything made before it was decided that a new species of human ancestor has been found, the anthropologist’s lead by Lee Berger are calling it Homo naledi.  The discovery was made in South Africa deep down in a cave and in fact over 1550 specimens were found from apparently 15 individuals.  All sounds rather exciting doesn't it!  Welcome to another edition of the Bible in the News, although on this subject the Bible is not getting a whole lot of coverage if we are honest!

As the discovery was unlike anything made before it was decided that a new species of human ancestor has been found, the anthropologist’s lead by Lee Berger are calling it Homo naledi.  The discovery was made in South Africa deep down in a cave and in fact over 1550 specimens were found from apparently 15 individuals.  All sounds rather exciting doesn't it!  Welcome to another edition of the Bible in the News, although on this subject the Bible is not getting a whole lot of coverage if we are honest!

How old are the Homo naledi remains? How do nails end up in tyres to cause punctures? How did the H. naledi people see in the dark cave where the remains were found? Can vitiligo be reversed? Why were the H. naledi remains deposited in the Rising Star Cave? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

How old are the Homo naledi remains? How do nails end up in tyres to cause punctures? How did the H. naledi people see in the dark cave where the remains were found? Can vitiligo be reversed? Why were the H. naledi remains deposited in the Rising Star Cave? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Where we came from is, arguably, one of the most important questions facing mankind. This week the story has become even more intriguing: the well-preserved remains of 15 individuals from a new species of human ancestor, called Homo naledi, have been unveiled by scientists in South Africa. The name means "star" in the local language and it's a nod to the rising star cave system where the remains - part of a spectacular assemblage of more than 1500 specimens - were uncovered. The finds also harbour another secret: it's possible that these individuals might have been put where the scientists... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

In this special edition Dr Chris visits Lee Berger, at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg to see the fossils which could revolutionise our understanding of the evolution of our species.

Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest addition to the human family tree...

Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest addition to the human family tree... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest addition to the human family tree... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest addition to the human family tree... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest addition to the human family tree... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists