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Conference videos from "Lucy, 30 years later"

Mon, 2006-07-31 14:27 -- John Hawks

Roberto Macchiarelli kindly sent along the web address for the webcast coverage of the "Lucy, 30 ans après" conference, which occurred earlier this summer in Aix en Provence. The conference program is also online. The videos require RealPlayer, so you'll want to get that if you want to watch them.

It's great that these talks are available on video for everyone to watch!

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meetings

Neandertals

For years, I've worked on their bones. Now I'm working on their genes. Read more about the science studying these ancient people.

Denisova

From a finger bone of an ancient human came the record of a completely unexpected population. My lab is working on the science of the Denisova genome.

Acceleration

The advent of agriculture caused natural selection to speed up greatly in humans. We're uncovering some of the ways that populations have rapidly changed during the last 10,000 years.

Malapa

Just outside Johannesburg, the Malapa site is producing some of the most exciting finds in human evolution. This site is the headquarters of the Malapa Soft Tissue Project.