Prof. Nicholas Conard, head of the Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology at the University of Tübingen (Germany) is the guest of the sixth CENIEH Distinguished Annual Lecture with which we celebrate the anniversary of the CENIEH building, which this year celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. This prestigious archaeologist will deliver the lecture in English "Art, Music and Human Evolution".

This lecture reviews the discoveries made in the UNESCO World Heritage sites from the Ach and Lone valleys and discusses how figurative art, music, religion and a range of important technological innovations contributed to the extinction of archaic hominins - with some interbreeding with our own species - and helped to create a world in which only one species of hominin persisted. The lecture also explains how art and music became universal features of human societies and contribute to what it means to human today.

It will be streamed with Spanish subtitles

Admission is free but an invitation is required.Se retransmitirá en streaming con subtítulos en español.

la entrada es gratuita pero se requiere invitación

Nicholas Conard (Ohio, USA.), earned degrees in Anthropology, Chemistry, Physics and Geeology, and his Ph.D. is based on excavations of Neanderthal sites in the Rhine Valley. He  Conard's research touches on many aspects of human evolution and life in the Stone Age. He has led excavations in Germany, South Africa, Syria, Iran and Tanzania, and his research at sites including Tönchesberg, Wallertheim, Hohle Fels, Geißenklösterle, Vogelherd, Schöningen, Sibhudu, Ghar-e Boof, Chogha Golan, Baaz Rockshelter have led to influential publications that are featured at museums around the world.