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'''Matthew Scott Berger''' (born November 30, 1998) is a South African-born American film director, producer and editor. He is currently studying at the ] to receive a ] in film and television production. He is well known for his discovery of ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moseman |first1=Andrew |title=9-Year-Old Kid Literally Stumbled on Stunning Fossils of a New Hominid |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/9-year-old-kid-literally-stumbled-on-stunning-fossils-of-a-new-hominid |website=Discover Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dugger and Wilford |first1=Celia W. and John Noble |title=New Hominid Species Discovered in South Africa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/science/09fossil.html#:~:text=Berger%2C%2044%2C%20and%20a%20team,has%20been%20named%20Australopithecus%20sediba. |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gavshon and Carter |first1=Michael and Sarah |title=Fossil Find New Branch in Human Family Tree? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fossil-find-new-branch-in-human-family-tree-09-04-2010/ |website=CBS News}}</ref>
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== Early life and education ==
Berger was born in ] on November 30, 1998. His father, ], is a ] and ] Explorer-in-Residence. His mother, Jacqueline Berger (] Smilg), is a ] in the medical school at the ]. Berger has an older sister, Megan (born 1996).

Berger attended elementary, middle school and high school at ] and graduated in 2016. He went on to receive a ] degree from ] majoring in ] and ] and minoring in ]. He is currently attending the ] to receive a ] degree in film and television production.

⚫ == Discovery of Australopithecus sediba ==

] that he found on the ] Nature Reserve]]

On the 15th of August 2008, 9-year-old Matthew, accompanied his father ] and then post-doctoral student, Dr. Job Kibii on a fossil hunting expedition on the Malapa Nature Reserve. After arriving at the ] Cave site, Matthew ran off after his dog, Tau, away from the site. Within minutes, Matthew had stumbled upon the first remains of an early human ancestor - a ] and a ] embedded in a rock lying next to a lighting struck tree.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maugh II |first1=Thomas H. |title=2-Million-Year-Old Fossils Offer Look at Human Evolution |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/09/science/la-sci-hominid9-2010apr09 |date=April 9, 2010}}</ref> Subsequent excavation, headed by his father, led to the discovery of numerous fossils nearby that dated back nearly two million years belonging to a new species of early human ancestor, ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Australopithecus sediba |url=https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/australopithecus-sediba |website=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural history}}</ref>



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