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  • The Origins of the Genus Homo

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

    In this talk, paleoanthropologist Dr. Bernard Wood will survey the history of attempts to find fossils of the earliest members of the genus Homo, including very recent and controversial additions. He will review the complications that arise from defining the genus and discuss how half-a-century of paleontological research has taught him what to look for within the hominin fossil record when searching for the origins of our genus Homo.

    $15

  • The Origins of the Genus Homo

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

    In this talk, paleoanthropologist Dr. Bernard Wood will survey the history of attempts to find fossils of the earliest members of the genus Homo, including very recent and controversial additions. He will review the complications that arise from defining the genus and discuss how half-a-century of paleontological research has taught him what to look for within the hominin fossil record when searching for the origins of our genus Homo.

    $15

  • Science Speakeasy: Fake or Fact?

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    How can you tell what’s fake and what’s fact when it comes to science? Join New York University biological anthropologist Dr. Todd Disotell and Science Friday’s Undiscovered podcast co-host and producer Elah Feder for an evening separating the fantastical from the factual.

    $10

  • Science Speakeasy: Fake or Fact?

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    How can you tell what’s fake and what’s fact when it comes to science? Join New York University biological anthropologist Dr. Todd Disotell and Science Friday’s Undiscovered podcast co-host and producer Elah Feder for an evening separating the fantastical from the factual.

    $10

  • Rewriting Modern Human Origins: Insights from New Discovery in Morocco

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

    In this talk Dr. Shara Bailey will discuss her work on the newly discovered 300,000 year old Homo sapiens fossils in Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. The fossils show that by about 300,000 years ago, important changes in our biology and behavior and are reshaping our understanding of how we evolved.

    $18

  • Rewriting Modern Human Origins: Insights from New Discovery in Morocco

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

    In this talk Dr. Shara Bailey will discuss her work on the newly discovered 300,000 year old Homo sapiens fossils in Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. The fossils show that by about 300,000 years ago, important changes in our biology and behavior and are reshaping our understanding of how we evolved.

    $18

  • Atapuerca: Crossroads of Human Evolution in Europe

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

    In this talk María Martinón-Torres will discuss her work tracing the origins of our closest extinct relatives, the Neanderthals. She will also share how fossils of Homo antecessor, an early human species, found at Atapuerca have shifted our understanding of the ancestry of the first Europeans.

    $15

  • Atapuerca: Crossroads of Human Evolution in Europe

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

    In this talk María Martinón-Torres will discuss her work tracing the origins of our closest extinct relatives, the Neanderthals. She will also share how fossils of Homo antecessor, an early human species, found at Atapuerca have shifted our understanding of the ancestry of the first Europeans.

    $15

  • The Earliest Child: The Significance of “Selam”

    Cindy Pritzker Auditorium in the Harold Washington Center of the Chicago Public Library 400 South State Street, Chicago, IL, United States

    Join us for a talk with Professor Zeray Alemseged as he presents on how the discovery of an almost complete skeleton of a juvenile early human ancestor has helped scientists answer some of the pressing questions about human evolution.

    Free

  • The Earliest Child: The Significance of “Selam”

    Cindy Pritzker Auditorium in the Harold Washington Center of the Chicago Public Library 400 South State Street, Chicago, IL, United States

    Join us for a talk with Professor Zeray Alemseged as he presents on how the discovery of an almost complete skeleton of a juvenile early human ancestor has helped scientists answer some of the pressing questions about human evolution.

    Free

  • Cleveland, Lucy, and Human Evolution

    The Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH, United States

    Dr. Donald Johanson, discoverer of the famous fossil hominin known as "Lucy" will share his story of the excitement and controversy of the “golden age” of paleoanthropology. He will reflect on Lucy’s role as ambassador to the past and her profound impact on the field of human origins.

    $12

  • Cleveland, Lucy, and Human Evolution

    The Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH, United States

    Dr. Donald Johanson, discoverer of the famous fossil hominin known as "Lucy" will share his story of the excitement and controversy of the “golden age” of paleoanthropology. He will reflect on Lucy’s role as ambassador to the past and her profound impact on the field of human origins.

    $12