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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

  • 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

  • 2018 Fellows Tour – “Origins: China’s Early Human History and Prehistoric Culture”

    Join The Leakey Foundation on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to China. 21st century China presents a unique combination of the very ancient and the very modern. Our 2018 Leakey Foundation Fellows Trip led by Dr. Steve Kuhn will combine the very best of both. This exciting and educational trip will combine behind-the-scenes exploration of China's early human history with luxury experiences in the exciting modern cities of Beijing and Shanghai.

    $7,499

  • 2018 Fellows Tour – “Origins: China’s Early Human History and Prehistoric Culture”

    Join The Leakey Foundation on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to China. 21st century China presents a unique combination of the very ancient and the very modern. Our 2018 Leakey Foundation Fellows Trip led by Dr. Steve Kuhn will combine the very best of both. This exciting and educational trip will combine behind-the-scenes exploration of China's early human history with luxury experiences in the exciting modern cities of Beijing and Shanghai.

    $7,499

  • 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