How did modern humans evolve? This question has been intensely debated by scholars for generations. Theories have argued that modern populations evolved from regional archaic hominin groups that were already different from each other. Other theories believe that our origins are occurred more recently.
How did modern humans evolve? This question has been intensely debated by scholars for generations. Theories have argued that modern populations evolved from regional archaic hominin groups that were already different from each other. Other theories believe that our origins are occurred more recently.
Dr Marta Lahr, Director of the Duckworth Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, addresses this question at the last 'Spotlight on Science' lecture series on 19 March at 7.30 pm at the Babbage Lecture Theatre. Dr Lahr explores what lies at the root of human diversity, and why the last 10,000 years have been so crucial in creating the world we know today. She believes humans evolved in Africa approximately 150,000 years ago. Since then, they have colonised the entire world, and in the process changed their looks.
Dr Lahr will examine ways in which this diversification could have occurred, given what we know from fossils, archaeological remains, genetics and the relationships of existing populations today.
The seminar will be held at the Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, off Downing Street, from 7.30pm-8.30pm.
For more information on the seminar or The Cambridge Science Festival, please phone 01223 766 766.
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