Hominids Rising

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"This just doesn't happen." Except that it is, and Lee Berger, the man who uttered that sentence, is the one who made it happen ~ with a little help from his friends. Everyone had thought a certain area of South Africa was tapped out, that we had found all the hominid remains we were going to find. Using Google Maps, he pinpointed a few promising areas and enlisted the help of local cavers, and that's how it happened: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/12/multiple-ancient-hominids-found-on-day-2-of-rising-star-expedition/
   Berger and the team are using 3D scanning technology to record what they're finding in the Rising Star cave (video): http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/tag/rising-star-expedition/