学术报告

题目：Australopithecus sediba and new discoveries from

Malapa Cave, South Africa

报告人：Professor Lee Berger

 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

时间： 12月9日（周五）上午9：30

地点：  六楼会议室

Lee R Berger is a professor in the Institute for Human Evolution, School of Geosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He discovered the site of Malapa in 2008, and is the discoverer of the new species of early human ancestor Australopithecus sediba. He is the Director and Principle Investigator of the Malapa Project and leads over 70 scientists in what has been described as the largest Palaeontological project in recent history.

Berger, an award-winning researcher, author and speaker is the recipient of the Friedel Sellschop Award for Young Researchers and the National Geographic Society’s first Prize for Research and Exploration and numerous recipient of Discover’s top 100 Science Stories of the year. He has written numerous books and over 75 academic articles. He has appeared in dozens of television documentaries and is a regular commentator on evolution and palaeontology.