Cave of Bones

By: Lee Berger, John Hawks

Narrated by: Lee Berger

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.

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

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.

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.

Surprisingly Lively

The subject is a cult de sac on the road of human evolution, but the author is engaging and tells it well. Excellent primer up front on current beliefs on archaeological finds and how we got here. The author's quest to get inside the cave dig he manages remotely is some pretty good adventure writing. Hat tip to the author for being an unusually good narrator, too.

Loved this

Watch the documentary too! This will make more sense if you do. And you will have the visuals of what he is talking about.

Engaging and interesting but may trigger claustrophobia

Hearing Professor Berger narrate his own fascinating book was great overall, but I’m a bit claustrophobic and found his descriptions of struggling into and out of the caves stressful. Not a book I could listen to lying in bed in the dark! I was not expecting to get the heebie jeebies from a book about paleoanthropology, but the subject was interesting enough to make up for it.

Way better than fiction!

Fascinating history I did not know about. Berger tells his tale in a wonderful way that keeps the listener tuned in. I found this story to be gripping. He has a great speaking voice. Easy to listen to.