The Stone Age Institute Presents
the 2013 Origins Symposium
Sunday, October 20th, 2013
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Whittenberger Auditorium
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University, Bloomington
This is a free public event presented by the Stone Age Institute and Indiana University's CRAFT research center. All interested are welcome.
See Symposium Schedule below:
Symposium Schedule
Morning
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and introductory remarks: Kathy Schick, CRAFT Research Center & Stone Age Institute |
| 9:20 | Timothy Londergan (Physics): The Big Bang: Precision and Paradox |
| 9:40 | Samir Salim (Astronomy): Stars, Galaxies, and Supermassive Black Holes |
| 10:00 | Abhijit Basu (Geological Sciences): Meteorites and the First 100 Million Years of our Solar System |
| 10:20 | Lisa Pratt (Geological Sciences): Origin(s) of Life: A Confounding Enigma |
| 10:40 | BREAK |
| 10:55 | Rudolf Raff (Biology): Animals: Patterns of Evolutionary Innovation over 550 Million Years |
| 11:15 | David Polly (Geological Sciences): Ups and Downs in the Radiation of Mammals |
| 11:35 | Kevin Hunt (Anthropology): The Rise of Primates, Apes, and Early Hominins |
| NOON-1:30 PM | LUNCH BREAK |
AFTERNOON
| 1:30 PM | Nicholas Toth (Anthropology): The First Toolmakers and Origins of Genus Homo |
| 1:50 | Jackson Njau (Geological Sciences): Evolution of Pleistocene Hominin Landscapes at Olduvai Basin |
| 2:10 | P. Tom Schoenemann (Anthropology): The Origin and Evolution of the Modern Human Brain |
| 2:30 | Kathy Schick (Anthropology): Becoming Modern Humans and the Rise of Symbolism |
| 2:50 | BREAK |
| 3:05 | Geoffrey Conrad & Kathy Schick(Anthropology): The Origins of Modern Life: Foraging, Farming, and Civilization |
| 3:25 | Michael Muehlenbein (Anthropology): Human Evolution and Disease |
| 3:45 | Elizabeth Raff (Biology): Being Human in the Modern World |
| 4:05 | Final Remarks and Final Q & A |
