UW ANTH Dept. Guest Lecture - Dr. J.W.K. Harris, Rutgers Univeristy, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7-8:30 p.m. in PAS 2083

[Allyson Rowat]

UW's Department of Anthropology will be hosting a guest lecture by Dr.
J.W.K. Harris, Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, whose topic
is "Our Earliest Hominin Ancestors, Bipedalism, and Tools: new insights into
human origins on the African continent".   Professor Harris draws on his
fieldwork in East Africa over the last 40 years to focus on early hominin
behavior 6 million to 1 million years ago.  In particular, he addresses
questions on the linkages between changes in hominin evolution and the paleo
environment, why stone tools are important indications of ranging behaviors
and diet, and what can studies of non-human primates tell us about our
earliest hominin ancestors.  Recently (Nov 2009) Professor Harris traveled
to Guinea to study free ranging chimpanzees that use stone tools.

 

Date:  Wednesday, March 10, 2010-01-27 

Time:   7 - 8:30 p.m.

Place:  PAS 2083

 

ALL WELCOME.

 

 

Allyson Rowat

Administrative Assistant (Undergraduate & Graduate) 

Department of Anthropology (PAS 2012) 

University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West 

Waterloo, ON, Canada  N2L 3G1

(519) 888-4567, ex. 32520

 

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