The Evolution of Modern Man - Lee Berger

Few people understand the where we, as a species, fit into the animal world better than National Geographic Explorer in Residence Lee Berger. The paleoanthropologist has been excavating a historic site that features a trove of thousands of bones that have been elusive to scientists in the past. Berger explains, "the creatures we're finding are non-human animals, but the features they carry features that are more closely related to us than any other animal." Berger explains that human evolution didn't happen all of a sudden across Africa. He "guarantees" Boyd that similar features were appearing slowly across the continent - some evolutionary experiments yielded better offspring, ultimately culminating in homo sapiens, while others faded away.