Friday, April 17: Scholarly Sessions
Fleischmann Auditorium
at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

9:00 AM–Noon: Morning Session

     Welcome

- Karl Hutterer, Executive Director
  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Donald Johanson, Founding Director
   Institute of Human Origins

     Topic: What is a Hominid?

- Moderator: Donald Johanson
- Presentation by William H. Kimbel
- Discussants: Jeffrey H. Schwartz
                            Terry Harrison
                            Carol V. Ward

Noon–2:00 PM: Lunch Break

2:00–4:30 PM: Afternoon Session

Topic: How Far Back in Human Evolution did Hominids Acquire Language?

- Moderator: Ian Tattersall
- Presentation by W. Tecumseh Fitch
- Discussants: Philip Lieberman
                            Daniel L. Everett
                            Michael Gazzaniga

Saturday, April 18: Public Lectures
Marjorie Luke Theater
at the Santa Barbara Junior High School

9:00 AM–Noon: Morning Session

Welcome

- Donald Johanson, Founding Director
   Institute of Human Origins
- Karl Hutterer, Executive Director
  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Lectures

- Donald Johanson: The Earliest Hominids
- Bernard Wood: Recognizing the Genus Homo
- Thomas W. Plummer: Evolution of Hominid Cultural Behavior

Noon–2:00 PM: Lunch Break

2:00–4:30 PM: Afternoon Session

Lectures

- Ian Tattersall: The Neanderthals: Mirror to Mankind
- Curtis Marean: Origins of Modern Human Behavior
- Leslie C. Aiello: Human Evolution and Evolutionary Theory

Saturday, April 18: Celebration Dinner
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

7:00 PM: Celebration Dinner

- Featuring Donald Johanson and John Johnson

This event is supported in part by
The Marjorie Luke Theatre’s Dreier Family Rent Subsidy Fund,
Santa Barbara Daily Sound, and Santa Barbara News Press.