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SUMMARY:Frans de Waal: Different - Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
DESCRIPTION:Doors Open & Check-In: 5:45 PM PDT  \nProgram Begins: 6:30 PM PDT \n\nIN-PERSON TICKETS (limited) \n  \nONLINE-ONLY TICKETS \n  \n\nHow different are men and women? Do they differ naturally or artificially? Do we find the same differences in our fellow primates? Do apes learn sex roles\, too\, or is gender uniquely human? \n  \nIn Different\, primatologist Frans de Waal s de Waal discusses insights into the origins of sex and gender from studies of both human and animal behavior. Different provides a thought-provoking review of the long-running debate about the origins of sex and gender. De Waal peppers his discussion with details from his own life – a Dutch childhood in a family of six boys and decades of academic turf wars over outdated scientific theories. He also discusses sexual orientation\, gender identity\, and the limitations of a strict binary. Nature produces more variability than most human societies are prepared to recognize\, and primate groups often include (and tolerate) exceptional individuals. \n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\nIn-Person Tickets – This lecture will be held in-person at the Commonwealth Club’s headquarters in San Francisco. The capacity for the in-person component of this program is reduced to meet COVID guidelines\, so be sure to purchase your ticket early! Click here to secure your in-person ticket \n\n\n\nOnline-Only Tickets – This lecture will be simultaneously broadcast online so that viewers can see the lecture live from the comfort of their homes. You must pre-register for online-only viewing to get access to the live-stream link. Click here to register for the online-only lecture  \n\n\n\nSigned copy of Different – Tickets including a signed copy of Dr. de Waal’s book Different are offered for both In-Person and Online-Only ticket types. If you want to get a signed copy of Dr. de Waal’s new book be sure to select the ticket option including the book when you purchase tickets! \n\nAll ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.  \n\nSafety protocols for in-person attendance: \nWe follow best practices laid out by the CDC and state and local guidelines. \nAll guests\, staff\, and volunteers must be fully vaccinated and boosted (14 days after receiving the second dose of a 2-dose vaccine series or 14 days after receiving a single dose vaccine and receiving a booster dose). Guest must show proof of full vaccination and booster dose with photo I.D. \nN95 Masks (or equivalent) are required at all times indoors (If you do not have one\, one will be provided). \nIn-person capacity is limited. \nElevators are limited to a maximum of four (4) people at a time. \nThe Commonwealth Club’s LEED Gold-certified building is designed to cool with outside air\, using digitally controlled moveable windows and large ceiling fans. They deploy additional HEPA filters inside to scrub the air. This is all in addition to increased cleaning of surfaces throughout the building. \n\nThis event is produced in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences and Commonwealth Club of California. Sponsored by: Ann and Gordon Getty Camilla and George Smith The Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund \n\nIN-PERSON TICKETS (limited) \n  \nONLINE-ONLY TICKETS \n\n 
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/frans-de-waal-different-gender-through-the-eyes-of-a-primatologist-2/
LOCATION:Commonwealth Club\, 110 The Embarcadero\, San Francisco\, 94105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Frans de Waal: Different - Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
DESCRIPTION:Doors Open & Check-In: 5:45 PM PDT  \nProgram Begins: 6:30 PM PDT \n\nIN-PERSON TICKETS (limited) \n  \nONLINE-ONLY TICKETS \n  \n\nHow different are men and women? Do they differ naturally or artificially? Do we find the same differences in our fellow primates? Do apes learn sex roles\, too\, or is gender uniquely human? \n  \nIn Different\, primatologist Frans de Waal s de Waal discusses insights into the origins of sex and gender from studies of both human and animal behavior. Different provides a thought-provoking review of the long-running debate about the origins of sex and gender. De Waal peppers his discussion with details from his own life – a Dutch childhood in a family of six boys and decades of academic turf wars over outdated scientific theories. He also discusses sexual orientation\, gender identity\, and the limitations of a strict binary. Nature produces more variability than most human societies are prepared to recognize\, and primate groups often include (and tolerate) exceptional individuals. \n\nTICKET INFORMATION \n\n\nIn-Person Tickets – This lecture will be held in-person at the Commonwealth Club’s headquarters in San Francisco. The capacity for the in-person component of this program is reduced to meet COVID guidelines\, so be sure to purchase your ticket early! Click here to secure your in-person ticket \n\n\n\nOnline-Only Tickets – This lecture will be simultaneously broadcast online so that viewers can see the lecture live from the comfort of their homes. You must pre-register for online-only viewing to get access to the live-stream link. Click here to register for the online-only lecture  \n\n\n\nSigned copy of Different – Tickets including a signed copy of Dr. de Waal’s book Different are offered for both In-Person and Online-Only ticket types. If you want to get a signed copy of Dr. de Waal’s new book be sure to select the ticket option including the book when you purchase tickets! \n\n\nAll ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.  \n\nSafety protocols for in-person attendance: \nWe follow best practices laid out by the CDC and state and local guidelines. \nAll guests\, staff\, and volunteers must be fully vaccinated and boosted (14 days after receiving the second dose of a 2-dose vaccine series or 14 days after receiving a single dose vaccine and receiving a booster dose). Guest must show proof of full vaccination and booster dose with photo I.D. \nN95 Masks (or equivalent) are required at all times indoors (If you do not have one\, one will be provided). \nIn-person capacity is limited. \nElevators are limited to a maximum of four (4) people at a time. \nThe Commonwealth Club’s LEED Gold-certified building is designed to cool with outside air\, using digitally controlled moveable windows and large ceiling fans. They deploy additional HEPA filters inside to scrub the air. This is all in addition to increased cleaning of surfaces throughout the building. \n\nThis event is produced in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences and Commonwealth Club of California. Sponsored by: Ann and Gordon Getty Camilla and George Smith The Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund \n\nIN-PERSON TICKETS (limited) \n  \nONLINE-ONLY TICKETS \n\n 
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/frans-de-waal-different-gender-through-the-eyes-of-a-primatologist/
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SUMMARY:Discovering Us: Great Discoveries in Human Origins
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:Evan HadinghamDr. Daniel Lieberman \n\n\n\n\n\nCost:Free with registration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDan Lieberman\, Harvard human evolutionary biologist and Evan Hadingham\, Senior Science Editor for PBS’s NOVA series explore some of the most exciting and groundbreaking surprises revealed by human origins research. \n\n\n\nOver the past fifty years\, researchers have made extraordinary discoveries that help us to understand who we are\, where we came from\, and what makes us human. This program brings our shared history to life and tells the stories behind some of the most important human origins discoveries ever made. These amazing stories of key fossil discoveries\, insights gleaned from the study of our nearest living relatives\, and more are highlights from Evan Hadingham’s latest book Discovering Us: Fifty Great Discoveries in Human Origins. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvan Hadingham is the Senior Science Editor of the PBS NOVA series produced at WGBH\, Boston. He has an MA in prehistory and archaeology from the University of Sheffield. His popular books on archaeology include Circles and Standing Stones\, Secrets of the Ice Age\, Early Man and the Cosmos\, and Lines to the Mountain Gods. His feature articles have appeared in National Geographic\, Smithsonian\, The Atlantic\, Discover\, and elsewhere. At NOVA\, he is responsible for the editorial accuracy of the science content in the award-winning series. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscovering Us: Fifty Great Discoveries in Human Origins presents stories of the most exciting and groundbreaking surprises revealed by this wide-ranging new science in fifty lively and up-to-the-minute essays. Prepared in consultation with leading experts\, and written by Evan Hadingham\, Discovering Us features stunning photographs\, some taken at the actual moment that groundbreaking discoveries were made. The book presents a highly accessible account of the latest scientific insights into the ultimate question of humanity’s origins. \n\n\n\n\n\nCopies of Discovering Us are available for purchase online or can be found at your local bookstore.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is held in collaboration with Smithsonian Enterprises. \n\n\n\nGenerously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
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SUMMARY:Games\, Stories\, and Science for Successful Public Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:Dr. Katie Hinde \n\n\n\n\n\nCost:Free with registration \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Association of Biological Anthropologists and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith 2022 award winner Dr. Katie Hinde discusses the importance of cooperation\, community\, and storytelling for sharing science sustainably. \n\n\n\nOver the past fifty years\, researchers have made extraordinary discoveries that help us to understand For tens of thousands of years\, sharing knowledge about the natural world has been part of what makes us human. Indeed\, humans have many adaptations for fireside storytelling\, shared experiences\, artistic imagery\, and “jokey joke joke jokes”. And yet\, too many scientists ignore the evidence and continue to inadequately blather dry facts. Such approaches do not improve scientific literacy or inspire public enthusiasm. In this lecture\, Dr. Hinde presents insights from studies of human adaptations for story-telling and social learning and highlights the example of March Mammal Madness. \n\n\n\nThis program features a 45-minute live-streamed lecture by Dr. Katie Hinde followed by a 15-minute Q&A session moderated by Dr. Briana Pobiner featuring live viewer questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Katie Hinde is an associate professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change\, Center for Evolution and Medicine\, at Arizona State University. As director of the Comparative Lactation Lab\, Dr. Hinde investigates the evolutionary ecology and behavioral biology of milk\, mothers\, and infants. Decoding mother’s milk insures enhanced precision medicine for the most fragile infants and children in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. Transdisciplinary approaches to mother’s milk research\, along with public engagement\, facilitate discoveries at the bench and their translation to applications at the bedside. Dr. Hinde showcases research on mother’s milk\, breastfeeding\, and lactation for the general public\, clinicians\, and researchers at her blog “Mammals Suck… Milk!” and her TED talk “What We Don’t Know About Mother’s Milk” has ~1.5 million views. Hinde founded and directs “March Mammal Madness\,” a month-long public engagement campaign that showcases animals\, ecology\, and behavior to hundreds of thousands of participants annually. Dr. Hinde is the recipient of the 2022 AAPA & Leakey Foundation Communication and Outreach Award in honor of Camilla M. Smith. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nNote: The recording of this event will be available immediately after the live event concludes and accessible using the same link used for the live stream. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership by the American Association for Biological Anthropologists’ Education Committee and The Leakey Foundation.  \n\n\n\nGenerously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, The Brown Foundation Inc.\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture: The Secrets of Chimpanzee Society
DESCRIPTION:Register for free today!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat can the private behavior of chimpanzee society teach us about human evolution and our own societal development? \n\n\n\nBiologist Liran Samuni from Harvard University’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology specializes in the study of underlying mechanisms of cooperation and intergroup relations in chimpanzees. In this lecture\, she’ll explore some of the more fascinating aspects of group relationships in chimpanzees\, from cooperation and conflict to group belonging\, solidarity\, and in-group support\, providing a glimpse into how our own human behavior in societal systems might have occurred. \n\n\n\nDr. Samuni is the 2021 recipient of The Leakey Foundation’s Gordon P. Getty Award Laureate. This prestigious award is given to an individual who shows extraordinary originality and dedication in their intellectual and professional pursuits while exemplifying a multidisciplinary approach to human origins research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Liran Samuni is a behavioral ecologist and primatologist and currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pan Lab\, led by Dr. Martin Surbeck at the department of Human Evolutionary Biology in Harvard. Dr. Samuni is a Leakey Foundation grantee and the 2021 recipient of the Gordon Getty Award. She completed my PhD in Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in 2019 and received her Masters in Zoology from the Tel-Aviv University in 2013. She studies the intersection between intergroup dynamics\, cooperation\, and social bonds in chimpanzees and bonobos\, our closest living relatives\, as windows into our past. She approaches these questions by observing wild chimpanzees at the Taï National Park\, Côte d’Ivoire\, and wild bonobos at the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve\, DR Congo. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSponsored by:The Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationCamilla and George SmithThe Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for free today!
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URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/testing-an-events/2022-12-24/
LOCATION:California Academy of Sciences\, 55 Music Concourse Dr 94118\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:At the Root of Human Hair
DESCRIPTION:Why do humans have the bulk of our hair on our heads\, not our bodies? \n\n\n\n\n\nThis important but often neglected evolutionary question is central to the work of Tina Lasisi\, a biological anthropologist at the University of Southern California. In this talk\, Lasisi will tease out the mysteries behind why humans have scalp hair and why we may have developed different hair textures as we’ve evolved. She will share the unique methods used in her research\, including the use of robots with wigs to understand the thermoregulatory role of scalp hair and its protection against solar radiation\, as well as her insights on why tightly curled hair is unique to our species.  \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent notes: SciCafe is 21+ and free with RSVP. This event is an in-person lecture in New York. A recording of the lecture will be available several weeks after the live program.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Tina Lasisi is a biological anthropologist with an interest in studying the evolution and genetics of human hair and skin. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern California in the department of Quantitative & Computational Biology. Her work focuses on developing rigorous methods to understand the landscape of biological variation and a critical lens to investigate how that overlaps with various social concepts. She aims to provide people with the knowledge and tools to understand how we can study human variation and how it matters in everything from cosmetics\, to technology and medicine. She also hosts a show on PBS Terra called Why Am I Like This? and you can find her on Instagram\, Tiktok\, and Twitter. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis program is presented in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History. \n\n\n\nSponsored by:The Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationCamilla and George SmithThe Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for free today!
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/at-the-root-of-human-hair/
LOCATION:American Museum of Natural History\, 56 West 81st St.\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:The Botanic Age: Plants and Human Evolution
DESCRIPTION:This talk challenges the idea that stone tools and hunting fueled early human brain evolution. Instead\, it suggests that the “Botanic Age\,” focusing on botanical innovations during the first three million years of hominin evolution\, was crucial. Early hominins’ transition to bipedalism led to infant care challenges\, prompting mothers to create botanical baby containers akin to slings. This innovation sparked new forms of mother-infant communication\, setting the stage for advanced cognitive skills\, including language and music\, long before stone tools emerged in the Stone Age. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Made possible by support from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Dean Falk is an American evolutionary anthropologist who lives in Tallahassee\, Florida\, where she is the Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology and a Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University. Much of her work focuses on the evolution of the human brain and the associated emergence of language\, music\, art\, and science. A main focus of her research continues to be the important but frequently neglected role played by women and children during human evolution\, as discussed in her book Finding Our Tongues: Mothers\, Infants & the Origins of Language (2009).
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/the-botanic-age/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Climate Control
DESCRIPTION:Humans evolved in the natural world with little to no control over our environment. \n\n\n\nOver time\, humans began to find ways to adapt to varying climates by making clothing and shelter\, and\, eventually\, by controlling fire. This ultimately led to central heating and air conditioning\, but at great cost.   \n\n\n\nIn this SciCafe\, join Kevin Uno\, associate professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University\, for a discussion on the ways in which humanity’s need to control its own environment has led to dire impacts on global climate and where do we go from here.   \n\n\n\nPlease note\, SciCafe is intended to be a casual\, social environment. Seating is not guaranteed.   \n\n\n\nASL interpretation will be provided for this program.   \n\n\n\nNote: SciCafe is 21+ and free with RSVP. This event is an in-person lecture in New York. Sign up for our events newsletter for an update when the recording is available.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Kevin Uno is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is a paleoecologist whose primary research focuses on the role of climate and environmental change on mammalian and human evolution. He has led or co-authored a series of papers that linked dietary changes in mammals and hominins to late Neogene vegetation change. Since 2013\, he has focused on the development and application of molecular biomarker analyses on terrestrial and marine sediments to reconstruct ecosystem structure\, hydroclimate\, and fire in ancient environments.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis program is presented in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History. \n\n\n\nSponsored by:The Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationCamilla and George SmithThe Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/climate-control/
LOCATION:American Museum of Natural History\, 56 West 81st St.\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Lucy and the Taung Child: A Century of Science
DESCRIPTION:A century ago\, a small skull discovered at a South African quarry challenged what we thought we knew about human origins. Fifty years later\, the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia further transformed our understanding of how we became human.  \n\n\n\nJoin experts from Ethiopia\, South Africa\, and North America for a free online event that examines a hundred years of challenges and progress in paleoanthropology. \n\n\n\nThe speakers will explore the historical context and lasting significance of the Lucy and Taung Child discoveries. They will discuss what these fossils meant at the time and how they impacted the African scientific community. Looking to the future\, they will address the vital need for funding African scholars and strengthening African scientific collaboration. \n\n\n\nThis program is presented in partnership with the Institute of Human Origins (IHO) and the Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST). It is made possible by generous support from Camilla and George Smith\, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund. \n\n\n\nRegister for free\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator and speaker bios\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Moderator \n\n\n\nDr. Lauren Schroeder is a paleoanthropologist who studies how hominin skulls and jaws have changed and evolved over time. She is an associate professor at the University of Toronto Mississauga.  \n\n\n\nDr. Shroeder is a Leakey Foundation grantee and Baldwin Fellow from South Africa who earned her PhD at the University of Cape Town. She has been involved in both the Malapa (Australopithecus sediba) and Rising Star (Homo naledi) projects as part of the research team studying the fossil hominin discoveries from these sites. Her current research includes collaborative projects on the evolution\, integration\, and variability of the primate skeleton. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie is Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Director of the Institute of Human Origins at ASU. He is a multiple-time Leakey Foundation grantee who has made numerous important fossil discoveries\, including the “cranium of a 3.8-million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis. Dr. Haile-Selassie leads an international multidisciplinary team that conducts fieldwork in the Afar Region of Ethiopia\, 30 miles north of Hadar\, where the Lucy fossil was discovered. His research interest is understanding the paleobiology and paleoecology of early human ancestors based on the fossil record. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Dipuo Kgotleng is Director of the Palaeo-Research Institute at the University of Johannesburg\, which she helped establish. Dr. Kgotleng has vast experience in South Africa’s heritage policy development and management. When Taung Skull World Heritage Site and Vredefort Dome World Heritage were inscribed into the World Heritage Register in 2005\, she was appointed as the first archaeologist for both sites. She was the lead project manager for the establishment of South Africa’s Strategy for the Palaeosciences which is the blueprint for for the management of the discipline in South Africa. She is also a champion for the transformation of the palaeosciences and was one of the first people to call for a transformation charter in archaeology in South Africa.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Denise Su is an associate professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and research associate in the Institute of Human Origins. She joins ASU from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History where she was chief academic engagement officer and curator\, integrating research with public outreach and education and leading initiatives to increase access to and diversify participation in science. Her research focuses on the paleoecology of early hominins and explores environments in which our early ancestors lived in order to provide insight into how environmental factors shaped the trajectory of hominin evolution. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mirriam Tawane is a core business executive for the National Heritage Council of South Africa. She is a paleoanthropologist who earned her PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand.  \n\n\n\nDr. Tawane served as curator of Plio-Pleistocene paleontology  at the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History. She has been involved in science outreach for the past ten years\, participating in projects to teach learners and the general community about their heritage with respect to paleosciences\, including Heritage Day celebrations at Taung\, where the famous Taung Child was found.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/lucy-and-the-taung-child-a-century-of-science/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
DESCRIPTION:Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston\, Texas \n\n\n\n\n\nHow—and when—did people first come to the American continents? As researchers have worked to construct and test new models for the initial peopling of the Americas\, they have increasingly incorporated ancient DNA evidence\, which reveals a complex story of migrations\, isolation\, and adaptation.  \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, geneticist and bestselling author Jennifer Raff examines the strengths and weaknesses of these different models\, paying special attention to findings that have emerged within the last two years. We will root our discussion in the context of the history of the discipline of anthropology: its colonial origins\, and current challenges\, and discuss ways to confront the legacy of harm it has caused Indigenous peoples. \n\n\n\nThis talk is presented in partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The lecture is eligible for CPE credits. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\n\n\nDr. Jennifer Raff is an anthropological geneticist and science writer. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the book Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas. Dr. Raff is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas with a dual PhD in anthropology and genetics and over fourteen years of experience in researching ancient and modern human DNA from the Americas. She works with tribes and communities across North America to use ancient and contemporary genomes as tools for investigating historical questions. Her research focuses on the initial peopling of the Americas as well as more recent histories in the North American Arctic and mid-continent. \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nThis lecture is generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/origin-a-genetic-history-of-the-americas/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:SciCafe: Why Humans Are Unremarkable
DESCRIPTION:Location: American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York\, NYTickets: Free | Ages 21+ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom an evolutionary perspective\, modern human bodies are surprisingly unremarkable compared to other species. But what does that really mean? \n\n\n\nIn this SciCafe\, Habiba Chirchir\, Leakey Foundation grantee and assistant professor of anthropology at The Ohio State University\, will explore the evolution of the “gracile\,” or “slender-boned”\, skeletons that characterize modern humans. \n\n\n\nDrawing on her research on the relationship between skeletal structure and behavior\, Chirchir examines evidence from the human fossil record\, contemporary populations\, and intriguing comparisons among closely related species\, such as wolves versus domesticated dogs\, arguing that humans have “domesticated” ourselves––and revealing the profound ways our biology and behavior have evolved. \n\n\n\nNote: SciCafe is 21+ and free with RSVP. This event is an in-person lecture in New York. Sign up for our events newsletter for an update when the recording is available. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\n\n\nDr. Habiba Chirchir is a biological anthropologist and anatomist at The Ohio University. She’s a Leakey Foundation grantee and Baldwin Fellow whose research focuses on understanding the relationship between skeletal anatomy and behavior. She studies the evolution of modern human skeletal anatomy and how we evolved anatomical features that distinguish us from our ancestors. She also looks at the features we have in common with other mammals with whom we share certain behavioral traits.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResources to learn more  \n\n\n\nQuick picks:  \n\n\n\nGracilization of the modern human skeleton \n\n\n\nDr. Chirchir’s Skeletal Anatomy Lab \n\n\n\nBig bite: \n\n\n\nLunch Break Science: Behavior and Morphology  \n\n\n\nHow Humans Domesticated Themselves \n\n\n\nDeep dives: \n\n\n\nGracialization of the Modern Human Skeleton \n\n\n\nRecent Origin of Low Trabecular Bone Density in Modern Humans \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nThis lecture is in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History and is generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/scicafe-why-humans-are-unremarkable/
LOCATION:American Museum of Natural History\, 56 West 81st St.\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:First Stories: The Ice Age Art of Sulawesi
DESCRIPTION:Location: The Field MuseumChicago\, ILTickets: Free | Registration required \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIce Age Art of Sulawesi\n\n\n\nA 44\,000-year-old hunting scene painted on a cave wall in Sulawesi.\n\n\n\nHear about the discovery of the oldest cave art in the world! \n\n\n\nIn the 1950s\, the discovery of prehistoric rock art was reported for the first time on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. These images were found in limestone caves in the karst hills of Maros-Pangkep. At the time\, it was believed this art had been left by early Neolithic farmers\, making them about 4\,000 years old. However\, in 2014\, an Australian-Indonesian team dated the Maros-Pangkep art for the first time using a uranium-series analysis of natural mineral coatings that had formed on some of the images.  \n\n\n\nThe earliest dated image yielded a minimum age of 40\,000 years\, making it compatible with cave art in Spain\, the oldest known art in the world at the time. The Sulawesi art challenged the long-accepted story that the birthplace of human art and culture had been in Europe.  \n\n\n\nThe earliest painting\, with a minimum age of 51\,200 years\, is a scene portraying human-like figures interacting with a pig. It is the oldest cave art attributed to humans and the earliest known examples of visual storytelling in the world\, providing crucial insights into the development of human cognition. \n\n\n\nRegister to attend in person or online\n\n\n\nYou can attend this free event at the Field Museum in Chicago or online. Registration is required. Click here to register for in-person or online attendance. Registered attendees get free admission to the Field Museum! \n\n\n\nParking may be impacted by a nearby event. We encourage taking a taxi or public transportation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\n\n\nAdam Brumm is a professor of archaeology at Griffith University in Queensland\, Australia. His contributions to the field span 21 years of research in Indonesia\, including extensive fieldwork on Flores and Sulawesi\, two islands that loom large in our understanding of early humans. In Flores\, his team unearthed fossils of archaic hominins that are the oldest found on the island and seem to represent a form ancestral to the celebrated ‘Hobbit’ (Homo floresiensis). In Sulawesi\, his discoveries\, with numerous colleagues\, of a series of ‘ice age’ cave paintings were deemed to be among the top 10 scientific breakthroughs of the year on two occasions (2014 and 2019) by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Brumm completed his PhD at the Australian National University in 2007 and has since held several postdoctoral research fellowships\, including at the University of Cambridge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResources to learn more  \n\n\n\nQuick picks:  \n\n\n\nFound in a cave in Indonesia\, we can now show the world’s oldest figurative art is 51\,200 years old \n\n\n\nGoogle Arts and Culture virtual tour of the Indonesian cave art site \n\n\n\nDig deeper: \n\n\n\nOrigin Stories: The First Story \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nThis lecture is in partnership with the Field Museum and Chicago Council on Science and Technology and is generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/first-stories-the-ice-age-art-of-sulawesi/
LOCATION:Field Museum\, 1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Apes on the Edge
DESCRIPTION:Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHouston\, Texas$18 general admission\, $12 for members (use code Leakey for your discounted ticket) \n\n\n\n\nGet your ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSenegal’s Fongoli chimpanzees live in one of the world’s harshest savanna environments\, where temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit and wildfires sweep across the landscape during the dry season.  \n\n\n\nThe Fongoli chimpanzees are unique for many reasons. Their female hunters are the only chimpanzees that regularly hunt with tools\, and unlike most other chimps\, these apes fear neither fire nor water\, using shallow pools to cool off in the extreme heat. \n\n\n\nThe study of Fongoli chimps is as unique as the chimps themselves. While most primate research occurs in isolated reserves\, Fongoli chimpanzees live near humans\, creating both challenges and opportunities in this shared habitat. \n\n\n\nJoin primatologist Dr. Jill Pruetz as she shares discoveries from her extensive field research\, exploring the unique characteristics of these chimpanzees and the dynamics between them and the people they live alongside.  \n\n\n\nLecture and book signing\n\n\n\nDrawing from her recently published book\, Apes on the Edge\, Dr. Pruetz explores the extraordinary adaptations and behaviors that set the Fongoli chimpanzees apart from the forest-dwelling chimpanzees known from other regions of Africa\, underscoring the importance of protecting these remarkable apes and their fragile habitat. \n\n\n\nDr. Pruetz’s book will be available for purchase at the event\, and she will sign copies following the program. \n\n\n\nDr. Jill Pruetz in the field. Suzanne Livingstone\n\n\n\nAbout Jill Pruetz\n\n\n\nDr. Jill Pruetz has been the Principal Investigator of the Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project in Senegal since 2001. Dr. Pruetz is Regents’ Professor of Anthropology at Texas State University and a multiple-time Leakey Foundation grantee. Her research focuses on the environmental pressures that influence ape behavior and how the behavior of savanna-living chimpanzees differs from that of chimpanzees living in forested environments. She uses these findings to inform knowledge of early hominin behavioral ecology. \n\n\n\nShe is the founder of Neighbor Ape\, a nonprofit organization working to conserve chimpanzees in Senegal and provide for the well-being of the people who live alongside them. Dr. Pruetz has studied primates in Kenya\, Nicaragua\, Panama\, Costa Rica and Peru\, as well as Senegal.  \n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nThis lecture is eligible for CPE credits and is presented in partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Leakey Foundation lectures are generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund. \n\n\n\n\nGet your ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWant to catch the next Leakey Lecture online or in your city? Sign up for our events newsletter!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Updates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    Enter your name here\n        *\n    \n    \n	\n		Enter your name here	\n\n	\n					\n				\n					Enter your name here				\n\n							\n						\n				\n					Enter your name here				\n\n							\n				\n\n\n    \n    \n\n\n    Enter your email here\n        *\n    \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n	\n\nSubscribe\n\n\n\n	\n			\n			\n				If you are human\, leave this field blank.			\n			\n		\n		\n\n\n\nΔ
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/apes-on-the-edge/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Fossils\, Ecology\, and Human Evolution
DESCRIPTION:Tusher African HallCalifornia Academy of Sciences \n\n\n\n$25 General admission$20 Cal Academy and Leakey Foundation membersAcademy members and donors\, please log in after adding tickets to your cart to receive your discount. \n\n\n\n\nGet your Tickets\n\n\n\n\nIn the remote Turkana Basin in northern Kenya\, bone fragments and fossil footprints preserve stories stretching back millions of years. Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer brings these stories to life\, showing how scientists piece together ancient ecological settings and animal behavior from what remains after death. \n\n\n\nHer work reveals how climate\, landscape\, and living communities affect both species adaptations and the fate of their remains. Through these deep-time insights\, we’ll explore how the forces that shaped the past influence our world today and into the future. \n\n\n\nAbout Kay Behrensmeyer\n\n\n\nKay Behrensmeyer\, Curator\, Department of Paleobiology\, National Museum of Natural History\, Smithsonian Institution.\n\n\n\nAnna K. (“Kay”) Behrensmeyer is a Leakey Foundation grantee and recipient of the 2024 Gordon P. Getty Award. She has worked in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History since 1981; she has been a Senior Scientist there since 2009. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011\, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020\, and a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2021. \n\n\n\nBehrensmeyer is a ‘big-picture’ scientist with an over-arching interest in the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems—which in lay terms means understanding how animals interacted with their environment\, and with each other\, in deep time. \n\n\n\nBehrensmeyer has undertaken fieldwork at various paleontological sites in the East African Rift Valley System\, but her longest and best-known involvement is with research on the east side of Lake Turkana where she discovered what\, at the time\, was the earliest evidence for the manufacture of stone tools by early hominins. \n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nThis lecture is presented in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences. \n\n\n\nThis lecture is made possible by the generous support of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation\, Camilla and George Smith\, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund. \n\n\n\nAcademy members and donors\, please log in after adding tickets to your cart to receive your discount.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/fossils-ecology-and-human-evolution/
LOCATION:California Academy of Sciences\, 55 Music Concourse Dr 94118\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
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