Witwatersrand

The field work and two years of analysis for Dr. Berger's latest discovery were supported by the University of the Witwatersrand, the National Geographic Society and the South African Department of Science and Technology/ National Research Foundation.

伯杰此次新发现的实地工作及两年的分析工作均由金山大学、国家地理学会（National Geographic Society）和南非科学与技术部（South African Department of Science and Technology）/南非国家研究基金会（South Africa National Research Foundation）提供支持。

The discovery of Homo naledi, as the new species is called, was announced at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and press briefings in the UK.

这种新人种被称为“纳莱迪人”（Homo naledi），研究者在约翰内斯堡金山大学（Witwatersrand University）和在英国举行的新闻发布会上宣布了这种新人种的发现。

Initial research, led by Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, concluded that the species came too late in the fossil record to be the ancestor of the Homo lineage.

约翰内斯堡的威特沃特斯兰德大学教授Lee Berger，带领的研究团队经初步研究发现，新物种是化石史上最接近猿人谱系（Homo lineage）的祖先。