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SUMMARY:Rewriting Modern Human Origins: Insights from New Discovery in Morocco
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets Now! \nComposite reconstruction of Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud\, Morocco © Philipp Gunz\nNewly discovered Homo sapiens fossils in Jebel Irhoud\, Morocco\, push back the origins of our species by 100\,000 years. The fossils show that by about 300\,000 years ago\, important changes in our biology and behavior had taken place across most of Africa. Dr. Shara Bailey is part of the international research team that has been studying these fossils. In this talk Dr. Bailey will discuss her comprehensive study of the cranial and dental remains. She will also share how these fossils are reshaping our understanding of how we evolved. \nPresented by The Leakey Foundation and the Houston Museum of Natural Science \nWith generous support from:\nThe Brown Foundation\, Inc.\nCamilla and George Smith\nAnn and Gordon Getty \n  \n  \nCheck out our Origin Stories podcast episode featuring Shara Bailey! \n \n 
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/rewriting-modern-human-origins-insights-from-new-discovery-in-morocco/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Rewriting Modern Human Origins: Insights from New Discovery in Morocco
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets Now! \nComposite reconstruction of Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud\, Morocco © Philipp Gunz\nNewly discovered Homo sapiens fossils in Jebel Irhoud\, Morocco\, push back the origins of our species by 100\,000 years. The fossils show that by about 300\,000 years ago\, important changes in our biology and behavior had taken place across most of Africa. Dr. Shara Bailey is part of the international research team that has been studying these fossils. In this talk Dr. Bailey will discuss her comprehensive study of the cranial and dental remains. She will also share how these fossils are reshaping our understanding of how we evolved. \nPresented by The Leakey Foundation and the Houston Museum of Natural Science \nWith generous support from:\nThe Brown Foundation\, Inc.\nCamilla and George Smith\nAnn and Gordon Getty \n  \n  \nCheck out our Origin Stories podcast episode featuring Shara Bailey! \n \n 
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/rewriting-modern-human-origins-insights-from-new-discovery-in-morocco-2/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170301T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170301T200000
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CREATED:20161217T015231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170208T191522Z
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SUMMARY:Nutrition in Wild Orangutans: Insights into Human Health
DESCRIPTION:Get tickets now! \nOrangutans are highly intelligent\, critically endangered great apes that live in the tropical forests of Sumatra and Borneo. Along with chimpanzees\, gorillas\, and bonobos\, orangutans are remarkably similar to humans in terms of anatomy\, physiology\, and behavior. \nNutrition is critical to the health of humans and other primates\, but we are still discovering how primate nutritional strategies affect the health of wild primates. Orangutans are a useful model for understanding human evolution because orangutans share several adaptations with us\, including the propensity to store fat and utilize fat reserves when food is scarce. \nA wild Bornean orangutan. Photo: Erin Vogel\nStudying wild orangutans offers a unique opportunity to integrate metabolic physiology and health with foraging in an ecological context\, providing a natural experiment to examine the multi-dimensional relationships of nutrition\, energetics\, and health. Primate dietary ecologist Dr. Erin Vogel will discuss how information from diet\, behavior\, and physiology can help us understand how orangutans are adapted for survival in Borneo’s forests and shed light on the current obesity epidemic in modern day humans. \nThis lecture is presented in partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Houston Zoo. It is sponsored by The Brown Foundation Inc. with additional support from Ann and Gordon Getty and Camilla and George Smith. \nTickets are on sale now!
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/nutrition-health-and-evolution/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://leakeyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Erin-Vogel-Headshot-e1481828320409.jpg
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SUMMARY:Nutrition in Wild Orangutans: Insights into Human Health
DESCRIPTION:Get tickets now! \nOrangutans are highly intelligent\, critically endangered great apes that live in the tropical forests of Sumatra and Borneo. Along with chimpanzees\, gorillas\, and bonobos\, orangutans are remarkably similar to humans in terms of anatomy\, physiology\, and behavior. \nNutrition is critical to the health of humans and other primates\, but we are still discovering how primate nutritional strategies affect the health of wild primates. Orangutans are a useful model for understanding human evolution because orangutans share several adaptations with us\, including the propensity to store fat and utilize fat reserves when food is scarce. \nA wild Bornean orangutan. Photo: Erin Vogel\nStudying wild orangutans offers a unique opportunity to integrate metabolic physiology and health with foraging in an ecological context\, providing a natural experiment to examine the multi-dimensional relationships of nutrition\, energetics\, and health. Primate dietary ecologist Dr. Erin Vogel will discuss how information from diet\, behavior\, and physiology can help us understand how orangutans are adapted for survival in Borneo’s forests and shed light on the current obesity epidemic in modern day humans. \nThis lecture is presented in partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Houston Zoo. It is sponsored by The Brown Foundation Inc. with additional support from Ann and Gordon Getty and Camilla and George Smith. \nTickets are on sale now!
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/nutrition-health-and-evolution-2/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161109T183000
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CREATED:20160711T165216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161208T005823Z
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SUMMARY:More than Genes: Predators\, Parasites and Partners of the Human Body
DESCRIPTION:A great deal of recent research has suggested that many modern health problems relate to recent changes in our gut microbes. As we have started to look at skin and the environment of our homes\, it looks as though the changes in what we are exposed to and covered in externally may be equally as great. \nWe evolved in a wilderness of parasites\, mutualists\, and pathogens\, but we no longer see ourselves as being part of nature and the broader community of life. In the name of progress and clean living\, we scrub much of nature off our bodies; however\, a host of species still cling to us and always will. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Join biologist and author Rob Dunn as we explore the influence these wild species have on our well-being and the world. \nBook signing to follow lecture. \nThis lecture is generously sponsored by The Brown Foundation\, Inc.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/title-more-than-genes-predators-parasites-and-partners-of-the-human-body/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161109T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050341
CREATED:20160711T165216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160711T165216Z
UID:10000223-1478716200-1478721600@leakeyfoundation.org
SUMMARY:More than Genes: Predators\, Parasites and Partners of the Human Body
DESCRIPTION:A great deal of recent research has suggested that many modern health problems relate to recent changes in our gut microbes. As we have started to look at skin and the environment of our homes\, it looks as though the changes in what we are exposed to and covered in externally may be equally as great. \nWe evolved in a wilderness of parasites\, mutualists\, and pathogens\, but we no longer see ourselves as being part of nature and the broader community of life. In the name of progress and clean living\, we scrub much of nature off our bodies; however\, a host of species still cling to us and always will. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Join biologist and author Rob Dunn as we explore the influence these wild species have on our well-being and the world. \nBook signing to follow lecture. \nThis lecture is generously sponsored by The Brown Foundation\, Inc.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/title-more-than-genes-predators-parasites-and-partners-of-the-human-body-2/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160202T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160202T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050341
CREATED:20160105T213950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160318T221730Z
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SUMMARY:Tracking a Killer: The Origin and Evolution of Tuberculosis
DESCRIPTION:In 2014\, Tuberculosis (TB) surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death from infectious disease. Unlike HIV\, TB has long been a scourge of humans; however\, exactly how long has been debated. Also controversial has been the presence and relationship of pre-Columbian tuberculosis in the Americas to TB strains in the rest of the World. In this lecture Anne Stone examines the evolutionary history of Mycobacterium tuberculosis\, the bacteria that causes TB\, focusing on the distribution of TB strains in humans (past and present) in order to understand their relationships\, assess patterns of pathogen exchange through time\, and investigate how TB adapted to humans and other animals. Her lab group uses new methods of ancient DNA extraction as well as methods to target pathogen DNA to obtain genetic data from ancient samples with characteristic TB bone lesions. To date\, they have sequenced the M. tuberculosis genome from three ancient Peruvians dating to ~1000 years ago. Their analyses indicate that this bacteria likely “jumped” from animals and became a human pathogen within the last 6\,000 years. In addition\, the results show that ancient Peruvian TB strains are distinct from any known human-adapted TB strains and are most closely related to strains adapted to sea mammals. Sea mammals\, specifically Southern Hemisphere seals and sea lions\, acquired strains from other animals in Africa and then within the last 2000 years brought these TB strains to South America.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/tracking-a-killer-the-origin-and-evolution-of-tuberculosis/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160202T183000
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DTSTAMP:20260502T050341
CREATED:20160105T213950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160105T213950Z
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SUMMARY:Tracking a Killer: The Origin and Evolution of Tuberculosis
DESCRIPTION:In 2014\, Tuberculosis (TB) surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death from infectious disease. Unlike HIV\, TB has long been a scourge of humans; however\, exactly how long has been debated. Also controversial has been the presence and relationship of pre-Columbian tuberculosis in the Americas to TB strains in the rest of the World. In this lecture Anne Stone examines the evolutionary history of Mycobacterium tuberculosis\, the bacteria that causes TB\, focusing on the distribution of TB strains in humans (past and present) in order to understand their relationships\, assess patterns of pathogen exchange through time\, and investigate how TB adapted to humans and other animals. Her lab group uses new methods of ancient DNA extraction as well as methods to target pathogen DNA to obtain genetic data from ancient samples with characteristic TB bone lesions. To date\, they have sequenced the M. tuberculosis genome from three ancient Peruvians dating to ~1000 years ago. Their analyses indicate that this bacteria likely “jumped” from animals and became a human pathogen within the last 6\,000 years. In addition\, the results show that ancient Peruvian TB strains are distinct from any known human-adapted TB strains and are most closely related to strains adapted to sea mammals. Sea mammals\, specifically Southern Hemisphere seals and sea lions\, acquired strains from other animals in Africa and then within the last 2000 years brought these TB strains to South America.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/tracking-a-killer-the-origin-and-evolution-of-tuberculosis-2/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151111T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151111T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050341
CREATED:20151202T214902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160129T215700Z
UID:10000265-1447266600-1447270200@leakeyfoundation.org
SUMMARY:The Fastest Evolving Regions of the Human Genome
DESCRIPTION:Although a child can tell the difference between a chimp and a man\, identifying the specific DNA mutations that make us human is one of the greatest challenges of biology. The genomic sequence is approximately 3 billion letters long\, with millions of mutations and rearrangements specific to humans. Using computational algorithms to compare our DNA to that of chimpanzees\, other mammals\, and Neanderthal and Denisovan fossils\, we learned that the human genome did not evolve especially fast. Instead\, it seems that a few mutations in critical places had big effects. Most of these “Human Accelerated Regions” are not genes\, and science had no clue to their function when they were discovered a decade ago. New techniques in stem cell biology\, genome editing\, and high-throughput molecular biology are allowing us to discover the functions of the fastest evolving regions of the human genome and dissect how individual DNA mutations altered these functions to make us human. \n 
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/the-fastest-evolving-regions-of-the-human-genome/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151111T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151111T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050341
CREATED:20151202T214902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151202T214902Z
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SUMMARY:The Fastest Evolving Regions of the Human Genome
DESCRIPTION:Although a child can tell the difference between a chimp and a man\, identifying the specific DNA mutations that make us human is one of the greatest challenges of biology. The genomic sequence is approximately 3 billion letters long\, with millions of mutations and rearrangements specific to humans. Using computational algorithms to compare our DNA to that of chimpanzees\, other mammals\, and Neanderthal and Denisovan fossils\, we learned that the human genome did not evolve especially fast. Instead\, it seems that a few mutations in critical places had big effects. Most of these “Human Accelerated Regions” are not genes\, and science had no clue to their function when they were discovered a decade ago. New techniques in stem cell biology\, genome editing\, and high-throughput molecular biology are allowing us to discover the functions of the fastest evolving regions of the human genome and dissect how individual DNA mutations altered these functions to make us human. \n 
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/the-fastest-evolving-regions-of-the-human-genome-2/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://leakeyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/static1.squarespace-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150303T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150303T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050341
CREATED:20151203T034058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151203T034058Z
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SUMMARY:Medicine Without Evolution is like Engineering Without Physics
DESCRIPTION:Evolutionary medicine uses the basic science of evolutionary biology to improve the understanding\, prevention and treatment of disease. Instead of just asking how the body works and why it goes awry\, it also asks why natural selection left us with so many traits like wisdom teeth and the narrow birth canal that leave us vulnerable to disease. The old answer–the limits of natural selection–is important\, but there are five other important explanations for vulnerability. \nRandolph Nesse\, a founder of the field\, will give examples to illustrate all six reasons\, with a focus on cancer\, infectious diseases\, and emotional disorders. He will explain why the field is growing so quickly\, its prospects for providing a deeper understanding of disease\, and how scientists and clinicians can join the effort to bring evolutionary biology to bear on the problems of medicine.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/medicine-without-evolution-is-like-engineering-without-physics-2/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150303T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150303T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050341
CREATED:20151203T034058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151203T034517Z
UID:10000278-1425407400-1425411000@leakeyfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Medicine Without Evolution is like Engineering Without Physics
DESCRIPTION:Evolutionary medicine uses the basic science of evolutionary biology to improve the understanding\, prevention and treatment of disease. Instead of just asking how the body works and why it goes awry\, it also asks why natural selection left us with so many traits like wisdom teeth and the narrow birth canal that leave us vulnerable to disease. The old answer–the limits of natural selection–is important\, but there are five other important explanations for vulnerability. \nRandolph Nesse\, a founder of the field\, will give examples to illustrate all six reasons\, with a focus on cancer\, infectious diseases\, and emotional disorders. He will explain why the field is growing so quickly\, its prospects for providing a deeper understanding of disease\, and how scientists and clinicians can join the effort to bring evolutionary biology to bear on the problems of medicine.
URL:https://leakeyfoundation.org/event/medicine-without-evolution-is-like-engineering-without-physics/
LOCATION:The Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States
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