New Scientist Events asks:
How did an upright ape conquer the world and all its rivals? Discoveries made over the past few years are re-writing the story of human evolution – and it is far more intriguing than we ever imagined.
It is organising a one-day masterclass with six leading experts guide you through the discoveries that are re-writing the story of our origins including:
- What our early ancestors were doing in Eurasia
- How our species conquered the world and its rivals
- How language evolved and sparked a revolution
- What’s so special about the human mind
Speakers include:
- Chris Stringer
Merit researcher at the Natural History Museum
- Maria Martinon-Torres
Lecturer in paleoanthropology at University College London
- Andrea Manica
University reader in evolutionary ecology at the University of Cambridge
- Mark Pagel
Professor and head of the evolutionary biology group at the University of Reading
- Penny Spikins
Senior lecturer in the archaeology of human origins at the University of York
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Saturday 28 October 2017, 10am – 5pm (doors at 9:15am) Royal College of General Practitioners, 30 Euston Square, London, NW1 2FB