9-year-old Fossil Hunter Finds New Species of Human

On : 2010 Apr 12

A 9-year-old fossil hunter may have opened a new chapter in the evolutionary story of mankind when he found the fossilized collarbone of a child who lived almost 2 million years ago. The fossils, known as Australopithecus Sediba, were found by paleontologist Lee Berger and his 11-year-old son Matthew Berger. Read the full article at BusinessWeek.

60 Minutes' Bob Simon visited the site of their discovery in the Malapa Nature Reserve outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, watch the video.

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