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What made us human?

Published January 20, 2014 Brain evolution , Cognition and behaviour , Meetings Leave a Comment
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Photo by Steve McCurryThe International School of Ethology presents a new meeting, entitled “What made us human? Biological and cultural evolution in Homo sapiens“. The meeting will be held at Erice, Sicily, on October 15-18, 2014. A web page is available with program and updating information. The main topic will be the evolution of cognitively modern behaviour. The meeting is directed by Stefano Parmigiani, Telmo Pievani, and Ian Tattersall, and it will include talks in cognitive sciences, paleontology, archaeology, neurobiology, linguistics, genetics, medicine, and psychology, with a large list of speakers.  Registration is now open, have a look!

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