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
Video: Exploring Humanity’s Technological Origins Human evolutionary scholars have long assumed that the earliest stone tools were made by members of the genus Homo... Read more about Video: Exploring Humanity’s Technological Origins
Audio: The Evolution of Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, or Politics Our ancestors hunted big game for the same reasons some of us drive fancy cars or carry a designer handbag: status. The hunters were hungry for prestige, and the meat was a bonus. The Evolution of Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, or Politics ... Read more about Audio: The Evolution of Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, or Politics
Video: Love and Death in the Stone Age See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Evolution, Named Lecture Series, Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture, Africa, Asia, Europe Humans are the only animal species that bury their dead, and this practice... Read more about Video: Love and Death in the Stone Age
Video: Volcanic Winter, Population Bottlenecks, and Human Evolution See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Evolution, Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture, Asia The eruption of the Mount Toba supervolcano in the Indonesian island of Sumatra... Read more about Video: Volcanic Winter, Population Bottlenecks, and Human Evolution