Abstract
Berger, director of the paleoanthropology unit at the University of Witwatersrand, is the successor to the legendary Phillip V. Tobias and Raymond Dart, two giants in the field of anthropology, who are the only two previous occupants of that position. During Berger's tenure, important discoveries have been made, including the discovery of human footprints that date to 117,000 years ago, the discovery of a nearly complete australopithecine skeleton, and the discovery of the oldest human infant at Drimolen. Berger's first book is sure to be controversial for two reasons: (1) he argues that "Lucy," the Australopithecus afarensis, has nothing to do with human evolution and (2) he openly criticizes several world famous anthropologists.