The origin of our species

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• Thursday 23 June 2011
• 7.00pm to 8.30pm
• Lecturers: Prof Chris Stringer

Chris Stringer will guide you through the fierce debates about the origins of humanity and what it means to be human. He sets out to answer some of the big questions in the debates about our evolution: how can we recognise our physical and behavioural origins from the fossil and archaeological record? Do we represent a newly-evolved species? How are we related to ancient relatives such as the 'Hobbit' of the island of Flores, the Neanderthals, and the newly-recognised Denisovans?

He will also look at the factors that could have led to the evolution of modern humans, and those that might lie behind the disappearance of species like the Neanderthals. 

Tickets are £10 standard, £7 Concessions and £5 Ri Members.

Make a night of it! Come for a cocktail or something delicious, modern and British to eat at Time & Space.