Program Monday 12. February
09.15-10.00: The human body as an evolutionary patchwork
Alan Walker
Dept. of Anthropology, Penn State University, USA
10.30-11.15: Human evolution over the last 2 million years: genes, fossils and archaeology
Alan R. Templeton
Biology Department, Washington University, USA
11.45-12.05: Children of the Gods: Björn Kurtén’s vision of Neanderthal extinction
Mikael Fortelius
Dept. of Geology, University of Helsinki, Finland
12.15-13.30: Break
13.30-13.50: From Guldberg and Nansen to modern brain research in Norway
Lars Walløe
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo
14.00-14.45: The human brain – from its humble beginnings
Joel Glover
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo
15.15-16.00: Contemporary human cultures as models for early Hominids?
Fredrik Barth
University of Oslo