Human Evolution

It seems like we constantly learn new things about Neanderthals that suggest they were more like us than we thought. We have also discovered more types of early humans such as Denisovans. Neanderthals and Denisovans are much older (that is, they arose much earlier) than we did and lived in Europe or Asia, but we came out of Africa. This is a little confusing. Please join us at the SC Lighthouse venue to try to unpack what to make of this new information and to learn about the evolution of humans more broadly.

Resources:

A Neanderthal Perspective on Human Origins – 2014

The complex evolution of homo sapiens – 1,000,000 to 30,000 years ago

Neanderthal symbolism and ornament manufacture: The bursting of a bubble?

Birch tar production does not prove Neanderthal behavioral complexity

Meet the Ancestors

Discussion led by Matt Burr (Beragon Betts)