Video: Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture, Europe The earliest evidence of artwork made by modern humans, Aurignacian art... Read more about Video: Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries
Audio: Garbage: Learning to Unsee Garbage is rich with contradictions. It is both intimate and global, ubiquitous and invisible. We generate trash in vast quantities but few of us know where it goes, or how it gets there, or what happens to it next. Garbage: Learning to Unsee ... Read more about Audio: Garbage: Learning to Unsee
2022 Jun 04 Take Your Place/Toma tu lugar 11:00am to 12:00pm Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge) ... Read more about Take Your Place/Toma tu lugar
2022 Apr 07 Manifest: Thirteen Colonies 6:00pm to 7:00pm Location: Online ... Read more about Manifest: Thirteen Colonies
2022 Feb 17 We Dance: An Exploration of Movement, Foodways, and Environments 6:00pm to 7:00pm Location: Online ... Read more about We Dance: An Exploration of Movement, Foodways, and Environments
Video: Protecting the Ash Tree: Wabanaki Diplomacy and Sustainability Science in Maine See also: Public Lectures, History, North America Brown ash trees sustain the ancestral basket-making traditions of the Wabanaki people of Maine and play a key role... Read more about Video: Protecting the Ash Tree: Wabanaki Diplomacy and Sustainability Science in Maine
Video: Unseen Connections: A Natural History of Cell Phones See also: Public Lectures, Europe, North America Cell phones are among people’s most prized possessions. They play an important role in daily life, facilitating... Read more about Video: Unseen Connections: A Natural History of Cell Phones
Video: Understanding Warfare: An Evolutionary Approach See also: Public Lectures, Evolution, Africa, Asia, Europe Warfare is a nearly universal trait of human societies. It has influenced the evolution of human societies... Read more about Video: Understanding Warfare: An Evolutionary Approach
Video: The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter See also: Public Lectures, Evolution, Africa, Asia, Europe The ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another has allowed us to create... Read more about Video: The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
Video: The Future of Happiness: How Communication Technologies Will Change Our World—Or Not See also: Public Lectures, North America What impact are information and communication technologies such as the Internet and social media... Read more about Video: The Future of Happiness: How Communication Technologies Will Change Our World—Or Not
Video: The Border Wall: Life and Injury on the Frontlines See also: Public Lectures, Mexico and Central America, North America The idea of building a wall on the U.S./Mexico border serves as a potent symbol across the political spectrum... Read more about Video: The Border Wall: Life and Injury on the Frontlines
Video: The American Land Museum: Places as Cultural Artifacts See also: Public Lectures, North America The Center for Land Use Interpretation explores how land in the United States is apportioned, utilized,... Read more about Video: The American Land Museum: Places as Cultural Artifacts
Video: Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals See also: Public Lectures, Named Lecture Series, Africa Domesticated animals such as dogs, pigs, and horses often sport floppy ears, patches of white hair... Read more about Video: Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals
Video: Destroying Images: Current Iconoclasm in Context See also: Public Lectures, History, Europe The destruction of iconic images and monuments—iconoclasm—carried out today by extremists... Read more about Video: Destroying Images: Current Iconoclasm in Context
Video: Cracking Bones, Gnawing Flesh, and Pondering Hearts: Body, Mind, and Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, History, Asia The human body has not changed significantly during recorded history—we share sensory faculties... Read more about Video: Cracking Bones, Gnawing Flesh, and Pondering Hearts: Body, Mind, and Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia