Just a heads-up for teachers & students: next month Chris Stringer will be giving public lectures on human evolution in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch & Dunedin. (No Hamilton talk! I am sad 🙁 I’ve got an all-day meeting that means I’d never get up to the Auckland event in time.) From the latest Royal Society "Alert":
Professor Chris Stringer: ‘Origin of our species, Neanderthals and the Early Human Occupation of Britain and Europe’, February 2012
Professor Chris Stringer answers some of the big questions: How can we define modern humans, and how can we recognise our beginnings in the fossil and archaeological record? How can we accurately date fossils, including ones beyond the range of radiocarbon dating? Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving? What can we expect from future research on our origins?
Professor Chris Stringer is in New Zealand by invitation of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution and his public talks are supported by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Details for booking tickets are available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/events/origin-of-our-species/
- Auckland, 6.00 pm, 22 February, Auckland War Memorial Museum;
- Christchurch, 6.00 pm, 23 February, C1 Central Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury;
- Dunedin, 6.00 pm, 24 February, St David Lecture Theatre, University of Otago;
- Wellington, 6.00 pm, 25 February, Embassy Theatre, Courtenay Place.