Cave of Bones

By: Lee Berger, John Hawks

Narrated by: Lee Berger

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

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

excellent

very informative, great narration, very interesting, worthy of a registered or two. insightful, entertaining, excellent

informative and exciting

fascinating narrative of a new homo sapian branch I didn't know existed looking forward to the next instalment!

Excellent writing, story telling, narration

Rising star cave has opened the eyes of Paleoanthropology. Lee Berger and John Hawks have hit a home run with this book.
Way to answer the critics boys.

Advancement of early man theory

Exceptional book. Loved every minute of the book. The process the authors used to go through their step by step method to prove their ideas to evidence was very informative.

informative and insightful

what a great read and I really like that it is read by the authors. I found it educacional and informative and learned a lot about the study of early homo-species from the book. the homo-naledi is definitely intriguing and I'm so glad the authors keep pushing the envelope and questioning long héld tenets of the scientific community. BRAVO

So interesting.

Well written. Kept my interest. I had no idea that this evidence was found. I would recommend if you are interested in human ancestry.

What a (hi)story!

A very compelling account of an ancient species. I look forward to the rest of the narrative. Highly recommend for anyone who loves all fossil things.

Fantastic Read

I love learning so much about what we don’t know and understand about evolution, and eager to know more. Well written and enjoyable, to listen to on the audiobook. Looking forward to reading about more discoveries.

First person discovery of the century

A paleontologists personal journey discovering a new human ancestor, the thoughts, analysis and physical adventure of the search. It'll pull you in and immerse you in the culture and people uncovering our past. Excellent writing and narration.

Fantastic book!

I attended a meeting years ago where the guest speaker was a member of the Leakey team who discovered “Lucy”. I have not been so enthralled with an archeological event since then—UNTIL “Cave of Bones”. The reader/listener really gets to feel a part of such a magnificent discovery. Great writing, great narration, great discovery that made me rethink species origin conventional lore.