International kudos for paleoanthropologist who discovered Homo naledi WITS University paleoanthropologist Professor Lee Berger‚ renowned for his discovery of Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba‚ among other achievements‚ appears on TIME magazine’s 2016 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.The list‚ now in its 13th year‚ recognises the activism‚ innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals."The TIME 100 is a list of the world’s most influential men and women‚ not its most powerful‚ though those are not mutually exclusive terms. While power is certain‚ influence is subtle. As much as this exercise chronicles the achievements of the past year‚ we also focus on figures whose influence is likely to grow‚ so we can look around the corner to see what is coming‚" says editor Nancy Gibbs.Berger is an award-winning paleoanthropologist‚ researcher‚ explorer‚ author and speaker from the Evolutionary Studies Institute at University of the Witwatersr...
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