Anthropogeny: The Perspective from Africa? is the topic of a free public symposium hosted by the UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) on Friday, May 31st (1-5:30 PM Pacific), co-chaired by Berhane Asfaw (Rift Valley Research Service, Ethiopia) and Lyn Wadley (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa).
Join us either in person or through live webcast. Free and open to the public, registration required.
Darwin and Huxley first predicted that we humans shared a common ancestor with the African great apes and it is now abundantly clear that Africa was the cradle of humanity," with multiple waves of hominins arising on that continent and spreading across the old world, eventually being effectively displaced by our own species, which also arose in Africa.
As Svante P??bo put it, "we are all Africans, either living in Africa or in recent exile from Africa." Given these facts, it is not surprising that the strong emphasis of anthropogeny is on the continent of Africa with studies ranging from genetic to paleontological to archaeological to primatological to climatological to sociocultural.
This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
10010 North Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla, CA
Friday, May 31 - 1:00 PM
Join us either in person or through live webcast. Free and open to the public, registration required.
Darwin and Huxley first predicted that we humans shared a common ancestor with the African great apes and it is now abundantly clear that Africa was the cradle of humanity," with multiple waves of hominins arising on that continent and spreading across the old world, eventually being effectively displaced by our own species, which also arose in Africa.
As Svante P??bo put it, "we are all Africans, either living in Africa or in recent exile from Africa." Given these facts, it is not surprising that the strong emphasis of anthropogeny is on the continent of Africa with studies ranging from genetic to paleontological to archaeological to primatological to climatological to sociocultural.
This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
10010 North Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla, CA
Friday, May 31 - 1:00 PM
