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Cave of Bones

By: Lee Berger, John Hawks
Narrated by: Lee Berger
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In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominid—discoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. So what does it all mean? Join Berger on the adventure of a lifetime as he explores the Rising Star cave system and begins the complicated process of explaining these extraordinary finds—finds that force a rethinking of human evolution, and discoveries that Berger calls "the Rosetta stone of the human mind."

©2023 Lee Berger and John Hawks (P)2023 National Geographic Africa Anthropology Biological Sciences Evolution Evolution & Genetics Science Palaeontology Natural History
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Felt the passion and commitment of the narrator.
Shall listen Again. This is true adventure story and the description were very clear and easy to visualise.

Fascinating

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From the first paragraph to the last phrase in the epilogue, I was enthralled by Lee Berger’s narration of his and his team’s personal experiences and discoveries of a new species Homo Neledi in the unknown world of the Rising Star cave complex.
Very enjoyable read for anyone remotely interested in ancient human history. This book opened my eyes to the absolute potential that new discoveries and technologies could challenge and ultimately change the way we think about those who went before us.

The Shape of things to Come

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What an amazing listen, I loved listening to Lee tell his story, the story of hardwork by a range of explorers and scientist and of course, the story of H. naledi! Thank you for taking me on the journey into the Rising star cave, the chambers of naledi and wonderful world of paleoanthropology. I cannot put to words the amount of enjoyment, tension and excitement your book has given me. Set with the task to research RSC and the questions of H. naledi, as a University Assessment, this book was a great way to sum it all up, and spark the future following if your works. Thank you.

The exciting pursuit of Homo Naledi.

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after watching various interviews and accounts, it was nice to get all the extra little details that were in the book.

well read, interesting and suitably detailed

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