Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00pm
Russell A. Mittermeier, Chief Conservation Officer, Global Wildlife Conservation; Chair, Primate Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00pm
Christopher A. Walsh, Bullard Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Despite major scientific advances in sequencing the genomes of species through the animal kingdom, it has been remarkably difficult to identify the genes that enable the unique cultural, aesthetic, and reasoning capabilities of humans. ... Read more about Genes, Cognition, and Human Brain Evolution
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00pm
Aaron Hartmann, 2017–2018 Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Visiting Fellow in Conservation Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00pm
David Reich, Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Senior Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Sweeping technological innovations in the field of genomics are enabling scientists to extract and analyze ancient DNA—genetic material from human remains dating back up to hundreds of thousands of years—as never before.... Read more about Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00pm
Dale Peterson, Author
On July 12, 1969, Ruth Davis, a young American volunteer at Dr. Jane Goodall’s research site in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, left camp to follow a chimpanzee into the forest. ... Read more about The Ghosts of Gombe
