First lecture of Professor Dr Agustin Fuentes' Gifford Lecture series Event Details Date: Monday 26 February 2018, 5.30 - 6.30pm The lecture may be followed by questions. Latest finishing time is 7pm. Venue: Playfair Library, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Lecture abstract This first lecture sets the stage for understanding the development of human natures and our capacity for belief by introducing the theme and narrative structure of the series. Then, by laying out our evolutionary history, we embark on an answer to “who we are” that is different today than it was even a decade ago. Starting with our shared primate heritage we situate humans among the other primates, uncovering the deep roots of our distinctive sociality and of our considerable creative and imaginative abilities. Then, via a highly condensed multi-million year journey, we survey the hominin lineage, the range of human-like relatives, illustrating a distinctive, and complicated, history of changing physiques and capacities facilitating the emergence of the human lineage. Lecture video HTML Related links Click here for tickets. This article was published on 2024-08-28
