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Combining Forces in the Evolution of Human Social Behavior
Feb 23, 2017
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4:00PM EST
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Haller Hall, Room 102, 24 Oxford Street.
In Person
Charles Efferson, Senior Research Associate, Economics, University of Zurich. Charles will present two areas of research, both of which emphasize how distinct mechanisms can interact to shape the evolution of human social behavior. The first part of the...

Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Collin McCabe
Feb 11, 2017
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12:00AM EST
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TBD
In Person
Graduate student Collin McCabe will give a public presentation of his doctoral dissertation. Details will be added as they are settled.

Understanding Human Variation: Then and Now
Dec 8, 2016
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6:00PM EST
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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
In Person
Free Public Lecture Maryellen Ruvolo, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology; Affiliate Member of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University; Associate Member of the Broad Institute...

Exposing Latent Images: Daguerreotypes in the Museum and Beyond
Nov 29, 2016
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6:00PM EST
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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
In Person
Free Public Lecture Ilisa Barbash, Curator of Visual Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Among the Peabody Museum’s most important and controversial objects are fifteen daguerreotypes of African and African-American slaves from 1850...

Walking Backward into the Future: 30 Years after Te Māori
Nov 10, 2016
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6:00PM EST
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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Free Public Lecture Maia Nuku, Evelyn A. J. Hall & John A. Friede Associate Curator for Oceanic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art In 1984, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York staged a landmark exhibition of Māori art that became a significant...

Smashing Agassiz’s Boulder
Sep 27, 2016
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6:00PM EDT
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Northwest Building, Lecture Hall B103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
In Person
Free Public Lecture Joseph L. Graves, Jr., Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Biological Sciences, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro In the...

Richard Bribiescas Colloquium Lecture
May 2, 2016
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Haller Hall (Room 102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
Dr. Richard Bribiescas is the Deputy Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. He is also a Primary Investigator in the Yale Reproductive Ecology...

"Growing Up Shuar: Life history tradeoffs and energy allocation in the context of physical growth among an indigenous Amazonian population", Samuel Urlacher Doctoral Dissertation Defense
April 22, 2016
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1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT
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Haller Hall (Room 102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
Samuel Urlacher (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology) will be presenting his doctoral dissertation defense on Friday, April 22 at 1:00pm. HEB will be hosting a reception and champagne toast at 3:30pm in the HEB Lounge, Peabody Museum...

"Adversity and Advantage: The influence of social environments on fitness in social mammals", Susan Alberts Colloquium Lecture
April 21, 2016
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11:30AM - 12:30PM EDT
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Geological Lecture Hall (Room 100), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
Susan Alberts is a Bass Fellow and Professor at Duke University. She codirects the Amboseli Baboon Research Project with Jeanne Altmann of Princeton University. Her research focuses on two populations of large mammals. For both populations, detailed life...