In this in-person talk, biological anthropologist Dr. Tina Lasisi teases out the mysteries behind why humans have scalp hair and why we may have developed different hair textures as we've evolved.

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.

In 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. 

In this talk, Dr. Jennifer Raff will explore the latest genetic and archaeological evidence for the origins of the First Peoples. We'll piece together a story told by DNA fragments recovered from a tooth in Siberia, a broken knife found deep beneath a muddy pond in Florida, and children's footprints left thousands of years ago on the shores of an ancient lake in New Mexico. We'll examine why these same pieces of evidence can lead to different interpretations among scholars and how they align—or don't—with the ancient knowledge held by present-day Indigenous descendants.

In this SciCafe, biological anthropologist Dr. Habiba Chirchir will explore the evolution of the slender-boned skeletons that characterize modern humans.

Hear about the discovery of the oldest representative cave art in the world. Join Professor Adam Brumm at the Field Museum in Chicago or online to explore the Ice Age art of Sulawesi.

Join primatologist Dr. Jill Pruetz to learn about the unique community of savanna-dwelling chimpanzees she's been studying for more than 20 years