Friday, 23 October 2015

CUMHURİYET GAZETESİ BİLİM TEKNOLOJİ DERGİSİ, 23 Ekim 2015
















RİCHARD LEAKEY, Royal Society


In conversation with Richard Leakey

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

The Royal Society, London Scientific meetings


Major transitions in human evolution

Starts:

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Overview

Scientific discussion meeting organised in partnership with the British Academy by Professor Robert Foley FBA, Professor Chris Stringer FRS, Dr Marta Mirazón Lahr and Professor Lawrence Martin
Fossil hominin skull KNM-ER 1813
Fossil hominin skull KNM-ER 1813. Copyright: Bob Campbell

Event details

The rich human palaeoanthropological record shows an unexpectedly complex pattern in the tempo and mode of human evolution. Evidence for many of the key phases is found in East Africa, and has been shaped by critical discoveries by teams led by Richard Leakey, or work inspired by his finds. The meeting focuses on key evolutionary transitions to understand the interaction of biology, behaviour, culture and environment.
Recorded audio of the presentations will be available on this page after the event and the papers will be published in a future issue of Philosophical Transactions B.
Download the meeting programme (PDF).
Posters will be presented during a drinks reception and networking session immediately following the close of the meeting on Thursday 22 October.

Attending this event

This event is intended for researchers in relevant fields and is free to attend. There are a limited number of places and registration is essential.
There will be a charge of £10 to attend the poster session and drinks reception. An optional lunch is also offered and both should be booked during registration (all major credit cards accepted).

Schedule of talks

22 October

09:00-12:30

Session 1: The origins of Homo – morphology, adaptation and technology
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12:30-13:30Lunch

13:30-17:00

Session 2: The evolution of the early human phenotype
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23 October

09:00-12:30

Session 3: The evolution of modern humans
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12:30-13:30Lunch

13:30-17:00

Session 4: Tempo and mode in the evolution of humans
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