Seminar: Dr. Amy Clark on the Role of the Home in Human Evolution

The Knight Science Journalism Program is excited to welcome Dr. Amy Clark, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University for a talk on the role of the home in human evolution.

A home is used by human societies as a place to cook and share food, to sleep, to socialize with our loved ones, to relax and recuperate, and to shelter from the elements. It is the place where our children grow and learn and where we strengthen and maintain important social bonds. For these reasons, the home often holds a special emotional and symbolic place in our minds, and within society at large. Because so many of the most important aspects of being human transpire in these spaces, a greater attention to changes in living spaces over the course of human evolution could help us understand our development as a species. In this talk, Dr. Clark will present some changes in living spaces that she sees revealed in her own research and will go on to discuss the role of the home in human evolution.

Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.