Meet Matt Berger: A 9-year-old who accidentally discovered a new species of human ancestor
During an excursion in South Africa's renowned 'Cradle of Humankind', young Matt Berger, just nine years old, stumbled upon a remarkable fossil. This unexpected find, in the company of his father, the esteemed paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, led to the discovery of a previously unknown ancestor, Australopithecus sediba, dating back almost two million years.
During an excursion in South Africa's renowned 'Cradle of Humankind', young Matt Berger, just nine years old, stumbled upon a remarkable fossil. This unexpected find, in the company of his father, the esteemed paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, led to the discovery of a previously unknown ancestor, Australopithecus sediba, dating back almost two million years.
