Cell Symposium: Evolution of Modern Humans - From Bones to Genomes March 16 - 18, 2014, Hotel Meliá, Sitges, Spain Confirmed Speakers Ofer Bar-Yosef, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, USA Anna DiRienzo, University of Chicago, USA Wolfgang Enard, Ludwig-Maximilans University Munich, Germany Michael Hammer, University of Arizona, USA Jean-Jacques Hublin (Organiser), Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Mathias Jakobsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Kevin Laland, University of St. Andrews, UK Carles Lalueza-Fox (Organiser), Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Barcelona, Spain Svante Pääbo, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Mark Pagel, Reading Uniersity, UK Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum, London, UK Sarah Tishkoff, University of Pennsylvania, USA John Novembre, University of Chicago, USA Cliff Tabin, Harvard University, USA Tim Weaver, University of California, USA Eske Willerslev, Copenhagen University, Denmark Organizing Committee Florian Maderspacher, Senior Editor, Current Biology Paul Craze, Editor, Trends in Evolution and Ecology Carles-Lalueza Fox, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Barcelona Jean-Jacques Hublin, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig How did our species, Homo sapiens, become what it is today? How did our ancestors spread across the globe? How did their bodies and minds evolve? The study of these fascinating questions has seen a veritable revolution in recent years: genome sequencing of ancient and extant humans, and their relatives, has revealed our evolutionary history in unprecedented detail and sheds light on how humans adapted; new analyses of fossils and archaeology reveal what makes humans so unique. Our Cell Symposium ‘Evolution of Modern Humans — From Bones to Genomes’ pays homage to this revolution by bringing together an uniquely broad mix of world-class researchers who study the evolution of our species from various angles — from palaeoanthropology to genetics, genomics and archaeogenetics, through to the study of cultural and cognitive processes. This meeting will synthesize our current picture of the evolution of modern humans and formulate the most exciting questions for future research. Session Topics: Human genetics and genomics Adaptation Archaeogenetics Palaeoanthropology Cognition and culture
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