Being Human... from Lucy to language

Wed 19 Nov 2014, 18:00 - 19:30

Venue
The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH

To understand who we are and why we are, we need to understand both our modern self, and our past. Reflecting on the Academy’s Centenary Research Project From Lucy to language, Professors Robin Dunbar FBA, Clive Gamble FBA and John Gowlett discuss how their research into the evolution of human cognition and social lives over the ages furthered our understanding of the relationship between mind and world.


Speakers:


Professor Robin Dunbar FBA, Professor of Evolutionary and Director of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group, the University of Oxford.
Professor Clive Gamble FBA, Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton.
Professor John Gowlett, Professor of Archaeology and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Liverpool.


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