Speaker Series
What Makes Us Human? Lessons from the Study of Wild Chimpanzees
Café Brauer, Lincoln Park Zoo 2021 N Stockton Drive, Chicago, IllinoisIn this talk, Dr. John Mitani will review findings that reveal some interesting parallels between humans and chimpanzees with respect to friendships, longevity, and cooperation.
$10What Makes Us Human? Lessons from the Study of Wild Chimpanzees
Café Brauer, Lincoln Park Zoo 2021 N Stockton Drive, Chicago, IllinoisIn 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, IllinoisThis 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.
FreeFilm Screening: Rise of the Warrior Apes
Film Row Cinema, Columbia College 1104 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, IllinoisThis 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 StatesIn 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.
$15The New Chimpanzee: A Twenty-First-Century Portrait of Our Closest Kin
California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr 94118, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn 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 StatesRachel 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.
FreeThe Raw Truth About Cooking
American Museum of Natural History 56 West 81st St., New York, NY, United StatesRachel 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
Mama’s Last Hug: What Animal Emotions Reveal About Humans
Marines’ Memorial Theatre 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesPrimatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions.
$10 – $50Mama’s Last Hug: What Animal Emotions Reveal About Humans
Marines’ Memorial Theatre 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesPrimatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions.
$10 – $50
Innovation and Environmental Disruption During the Origin of Homo sapiens
Coe Auditorium, Buffalo Bill Center of the West 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY, United StatesIn this talk, Dr. Rick Potts will discuss how recent discoveries at the Kenyan site of Olorgesailie represent milestones in technological, ecological, and social evolution that coincided with the oldest ages for fossils attributed to Homo sapiens in Africa.
FreeInnovation and Environmental Disruption During the Origin of Homo sapiens
Coe Auditorium, Buffalo Bill Center of the West 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY, United StatesIn this talk, Dr. Rick Potts will discuss how recent discoveries at the Kenyan site of Olorgesailie represent milestones in technological, ecological, and social evolution that coincided with the oldest ages for fossils attributed to Homo sapiens in Africa.
Free