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The Evolution and Meanings of Human Skin Color

The Houston Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX, United States

In this lecture, Nina Jablonski will discuss the evolution of human skin color and how color-based race concepts have influenced societies and social well-being.

$10 – $18

Family Class: Skin We Are In

The Houston Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX, United States

Join anthropologist Nina Jablonski for an exploration of the science behind skin color. Jablonski will discuss the history of skin and its meaning. She will also read from her new book Skin We Are In.

Free with admission to the Houston Museum of Natural Science

Family Class: Skin We Are In

The Houston Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX, United States

Join anthropologist Nina Jablonski for an exploration of the science behind skin color. Jablonski will discuss the history of skin and its meaning. She will also read from her new book Skin We Are In.

Free with admission to the Houston Museum of Natural Science

What Makes Us Human? Lessons from the Study of Wild Chimpanzees

Café Brauer, Lincoln Park Zoo 2021 N Stockton Drive, Chicago, Illinois

In this talk, Dr. John Mitani will review findings that reveal some interesting parallels between humans and chimpanzees with respect to friendships, longevity, and cooperation.

$10

What Makes Us Human? Lessons from the Study of Wild Chimpanzees

Café Brauer, Lincoln Park Zoo 2021 N Stockton Drive, Chicago, Illinois

In this talk, Dr. John Mitani will review findings that reveal some interesting parallels between humans and chimpanzees with respect to friendships, longevity, and cooperation.

$10

Film Screening: Rise of the Warrior Apes

Film Row Cinema, Columbia College 1104 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, Illinois

This event is a screening of the award-winning documentary Rise of the Warrior Apes featuring a question and answer session with collaborating scientist Dr. John Mitani.

Free

Film Screening: Rise of the Warrior Apes

Film Row Cinema, Columbia College 1104 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, Illinois

This event is a screening of the award-winning documentary Rise of the Warrior Apes featuring a question and answer session with collaborating scientist Dr. John Mitani.

Free

The New Chimpanzee: A Twenty-First-Century Portrait of Our Closest Kin

California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr 94118, San Francisco, CA, United States

In this lecture and his new book The New Chimpanzee, Craig Stanford reviews the past two decades of chimpanzee field research. From culture to warfare, from our diet to our politics, the study of wild chimpanzees continues to change the way we understand both human nature and the apes themselves.

$15

The New Chimpanzee: A Twenty-First-Century Portrait of Our Closest Kin

California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr 94118, San Francisco, CA, United States

In this lecture and his new book The New Chimpanzee, Craig Stanford reviews the past two decades of chimpanzee field research. From culture to warfare, from our diet to our politics, the study of wild chimpanzees continues to change the way we understand both human nature and the apes themselves.

$15

The Raw Truth About Cooking

American Museum of Natural History 56 West 81st St., New York, NY, United States

Rachel Carmody explains how processing increases the calories we extract from food, ways this practice has given humans an evolutionary edge, and why it may present challenges for our present and future.

Free

The Raw Truth About Cooking

American Museum of Natural History 56 West 81st St., New York, NY, United States

Rachel Carmody explains how processing increases the calories we extract from food, ways this practice has given humans an evolutionary edge, and why it may present challenges for our present and future.

Free

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