Thinking about Thinking
As far as we know, human beings are the only animal capable of introspection—the ability to examine our own mental processes.
Video: Dr. Bernard Wood
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If you weren’t able to join us in Cleveland for “On the Trail of Lucy: a collaborative exploration of Australopithecus,” you can watch Dr. Bernard Wood’s excellent keynote lecture “Relatives and Ancestors” here on WVIZ World, thanks to ideastream, the lead sponsor of the symposium.
For more on the events in Cleveland, listen to“Ire of Lucy” on ideastream, about<br>
Back to School for the Baldwin Fellows
In April 2013 The Leakey Foundation awarded the Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowship to five outstanding applicants, most of whom are now beginning a new school year. The Fellowship was established in 1977 by Elisabeth O’Conner as a program to educate African scholars in prehistory and paleoanthropology. Recently the program was expanded beyond Africa to include scholars with citizenship in<br>
2013 EAAPP conference in Mombasa, Kenya
by Dr. Kristian Carlson*Senior Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University
The 4th conference of the East African Association for Paleoanthropology and Paleontology (EAAPP) took place at the Leisure Lodge Resort in Mombasa, Kenya from July 28th through August 1st, 2013. Once again it was an exciting opportunity for students and researchers in<br>
The Importance of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin is centrally important in the development of scientific and humanist ideas because he first made people aware of their place in the evolutionary process...